Time Zone History

Kamchatka time zone history

On standard time, clocks at Kamchatka run 1 hour 25 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the largest gap of the 7 zones on UTC+12 standard time. The latest change of standard time came on March 27, 2011, from UTC+11 to UTC+12. Daylight saving time was used in 30 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.

UTC+12

Standard time is UTC+12 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Kamchatka · tz database name Asia/Kamchatka

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Summer time in 30 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+10:34:36, UTC+11: behind today’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard timeUTC+13: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+10:34:36, UTC+11: behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard timeUTC+13: 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
November 10, 1922Local mean time (UTC+10:34:36) replacedUTC+11numeric only
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+12numeric only
Since 1970
March 31, 1991Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+11numeric only
January 19, 1992Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+12numeric only
March 28, 2010Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+11numeric only
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+12numeric only

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
1981–19831 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 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
1996–2009last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour
2010not that yearOctober 311 hour

Also on UTC+12

Anadyr (Russia), Marshall Islands, Tarawa (Kiribati), Nauru, Fiji and Auckland (New Zealand).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Magadan (873 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,221 days in 1981–2016.
  • Sakhalin (1,320 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 5,264 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Ust-Nera (1,552 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 9,094 days in 1970–2011 and 2014–2026; 2 hours behind today.
  • Srednekolymsk (1,628 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 1,675 days in 1981–2014.
  • Adak (United States) (1,670 km): usually 22 hours behind; different on 7,901 days in 1970–2026.