Time Zone History

Krasnoyarsk time zone history

The latest change of standard time came on October 26, 2014, from UTC+8 to UTC+7. Daylight saving time was used in 30 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. Krasnoyarsk kept local mean time (UTC+6:11:26) until 1920, the second-latest switch of the 10 zones on UTC+7 standard time with local mean time in the record.

UTC+7

Standard time is UTC+7 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Krasnoyarsk area · tz database name Asia/Krasnoyarsk

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Summer time in 30 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+6, UTC+6:11:26: behind today’s standard timeUTC+7: today’s standard timeUTC+8: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+6, UTC+6:11:26: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+7: today’s standard timeUTC+8: 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 6, 1920Local mean time (UTC+6:11:26) replacedUTC+6numeric only
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+7numeric only
Since 1970
March 31, 1991Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+6numeric only
January 19, 1992Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+7numeric only
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+8numeric only
October 26, 2014Standard time back 1 hourUTC+7numeric only

Daylight saving periods

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

Also on UTC+7

Novokuznetsk (Russia), Tomsk (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia), Barnaul (Russia), Hovd (Mongolia), Thailand, Vietnam, Pontianak (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Davis Station (Antarctica).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Novokuznetsk (444 km): same time except 1,673 days in 2010–2014.
  • Tomsk (489 km): same time except 5,142 days in 2002–2016.
  • Novosibirsk (633 km): same time except 8,462 days in 1993–2016.
  • Barnaul (653 km): same time except 7,608 days in 1995–2016.
  • Irkutsk (856 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 3 days in 1981–2011 and 2014.

How it compares

On standard time, clocks in Krasnoyarsk run 49 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.