Time Zone History

Chita time zone history

The Chita zone has changed its standard time 5 times since 1970, the second-most of the 9 zones on UTC+9 standard time. On standard time, clocks at Chita run 1 hour 26 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the largest gap of the 6 zones on UTC+9 standard time whose clocks run ahead of the sun. The latest change of standard time came on March 27, 2016, from UTC+8 to UTC+9.

UTC+9

Standard time is UTC+9 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Zabaykalsky Krai · tz database name Asia/Chita

Convert a time from Chita

Summer time in 30 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+7:33:52, UTC+8: behind today’s standard timeUTC+9: today’s standard timeUTC+10: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+7:33:52, UTC+8: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+9: today’s standard timeUTC+10: 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
December 15, 1919Local mean time (UTC+7:33:52) replacedUTC+8numeric only
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+9numeric only
Since 1970
March 31, 1991Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+8numeric only
January 19, 1992Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+9numeric only
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+10numeric only
October 26, 2014Standard time back 2 hoursUTC+8numeric only
March 27, 2016Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+9numeric only

Daylight saving periods

Since 1970: the periods shared by 14 of 26 zones, listed on the Russia page.

Also on UTC+9

Yakutsk (Russia), North Korea, Khandyga (Russia), South Korea, Japan, Palau, Jayapura (Indonesia) and East Timor.

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Irkutsk (623 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 521 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) (657 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 7,190 days in 1970–1977 and 1981–2016.
  • Krasnoyarsk (1,412 km): usually 2 hours behind; different on 523 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Yakutsk (1,470 km): same time except 518 days in 2014–2016.
  • Hovd (Mongolia) (1,615 km): usually 2 hours behind; different on 7,189 days in 1970–1977 and 1981–2016.

How it compares

Daylight saving time was used in 30 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.