Time Zone History

Belarus time zone history

On standard time, clocks at Minsk run 1 hour 10 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the largest gap of the 9 zones on UTC+3 standard time whose clocks run ahead of the sun. The latest change of standard time came on March 27, 2011, from UTC+2 to UTC+3. The record holds 6 different UTC offsets, tied second-most among the 12 zones on UTC+3 standard time.

UTC+3

Standard time is UTC+3 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Europe/Minsk

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Summer time in 29 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: 2 hours behind today’s standard timeUTC+1:50, UTC+1:50:16, UTC+2: behind today’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard timeUTC+4: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+1: 2 hours behind today’sstandard timeUTC+1:50, UTC+1:50:16, UTC+2:behind today’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard timeUTC+4: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1880Local mean time (UTC+1:50:16) replacedUTC+1:50MMT
May 2, 1924Standard time forward 10 minutesUTC+2EET
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3MSK
June 28, 1941Standard time back 2 hoursUTC+1CET
July 3, 1944Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+3MSK
Since 1970
March 31, 1991Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3numeric only

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 3not that year1 hour, CET to CEST
Since 1970
1981–19831 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1984April 1September 301 hour, MSK to MSD
1985–1989last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1991not that yearSeptember 291 hour
1992–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00fourth Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1996–2010last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST

Also on UTC+3

Moscow (Russia), Simferopol (Ukraine), Volgograd (Russia), Turkey, Kirov (Russia), Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar (nearest first; 1 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Lithuania (170 km): same time except 4,115 days in 1989–1991 and 1998–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Latvia (403 km): same time except 3,135 days in 1989–1991 and 1996–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Kyiv (Ukraine) (435 km): same time except 2,442 days in 1990 and 1996–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Kaliningrad (Russia) (467 km): same time except 4,996 days in 1989–1991 and 2014–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Poland (475 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 9,182 days in 1970–2026; 2 hours behind today.

How it compares

Daylight saving time was used in 29 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.