Time Zone History

Novosibirsk time zone history

The Novosibirsk zone has changed its standard time 6 times since 1970, tied for the most among the 11 zones on UTC+7 standard time. The latest change of standard time came on July 24, 2016, from UTC+6 to UTC+7. On standard time, clocks at Novosibirsk run 1 hour 28 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the second-largest gap of the 24 zones in Russia whose clocks run ahead of the sun.

UTC+7

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

Covers: Novosibirsk region · tz database name Asia/Novosibirsk

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Summer time in 30 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+5:31:40, UTC+6: behind today’s standard timeUTC+7: today’s standard timeUTC+8: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+5:31:40, UTC+6: 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
December 14, 1919Local mean time (UTC+5:31:40) 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
May 23, 1993Standard time back 1 hourUTC+6numeric only
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+7numeric only
October 26, 2014Standard time back 1 hourUTC+6numeric only
July 24, 2016Standard time forward 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

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

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Barnaul (193 km): same time except 854 days in 1993–1995 and 2016.
  • Tomsk (207 km): same time except 3,321 days in 1993–2002 and 2016.
  • Novokuznetsk (307 km): same time except 6,790 days in 1993–2010 and 2014–2016.
  • Omsk (606 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 8,464 days in 1981–2016.
  • Krasnoyarsk (633 km): same time except 8,462 days in 1993–2016.

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.