Time Zone History

Aqtobe time zone history

Daylight saving time was used in 24 years since 1970, last in 2004; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. On standard time, clocks in Aqtobe run 1 hour 11 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+5

Standard time is UTC+5 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Aqtöbe region · tz database name Asia/Aqtobe

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Summer time in 24 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+3:48:40, UTC+4: behind today’s standard timeUTC+5: today’s standard timeUTC+6: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+3:48:40, UTC+4: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+5: today’s standard timeUTC+6: 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
May 2, 1924Local mean time (UTC+3:48:40) replacedUTC+4numeric only
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+5numeric only
Since 1970
October 1, 1981Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+6numeric only
April 1, 1982Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+5numeric only
March 31, 1991Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+4numeric only
January 19, 1992Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+5numeric only

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
1981April 1not that year1 hour
1982not that yearOctober 11 hour
1983April 1October 11 hour
1984April 1September 301 hour
1985–1990last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour
1991not that yearSeptember 291 hour
1992–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00fourth Sunday in September, 03:001 hour
1996–2004last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour

Also on UTC+5

Oral (Kazakhstan), Atyrau (Kazakhstan), Qostanay (Kazakhstan), Yekaterinburg (Russia), Aqtau (Kazakhstan), Qyzylorda (Kazakhstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Turkmenistan, Samarkand (Uzbekistan) and Tajikistan (nearest first; 5 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Oral (422 km): same time except 5,333 days in 1989–2004.
  • Atyrau (521 km): same time except 2,227 days in 1981 and 1999–2004.
  • Qostanay (550 km): same time except 7,061 days in 2004–2024.
  • Samara (Russia) (581 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,410 days in 1981–2011.
  • Ulyanovsk (Russia) (746 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 7,447 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.