Time Zone History

Myanmar time zone history

Its standard time, UTC+6:30, is one of only 14 offsets among the 312 zones that are not a whole number of hours from UTC. On standard time, clocks in Yangon run 5 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+6:30

Standard time is UTC+6:30 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Asia/Yangon

Convert a time from Myanmar

UTC+6:30 every day since 1970

UTC+6:24:47: 5 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+6:30: today’s standard timeUTC+9: 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+6:24:47: 5 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+6:30: today’s standard timeUTC+9: 2 hours 30 minutes ahead oftoday’s standard 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+6:24:47) replacedUTC+6:24:47RMT
January 1, 1920Standard time forward 5 minutesUTC+6:30numeric only
May 1, 1942Standard time forward 2 hours 30 minutesUTC+9numeric only
May 3, 1945Standard time back 2 hours 30 minutesUTC+6:30numeric only

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Thailand (576 km): always 30 minutes ahead.
  • Bangladesh (976 km): usually 30 minutes behind; different on 195 days in 2009.
  • India (1,037 km): always 1 hour behind.
  • Vietnam (1,317 km): usually 30 minutes ahead; different on 1,989 days in 1970–1975.
  • Bhutan (1,364 km): usually 30 minutes behind; different on 6,482 days in 1970–1987.

How it compares

Myanmar has kept UTC+6:30 since 1945, with no clock changes since 1970.