Oral time zone history
On standard time, clocks at Oral run 1 hour 35 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the second-largest gap of the 53 zones in Asia whose clocks run ahead of the sun. Daylight saving time was used in 24 years since 1970, last in 2004; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.
UTC+5
Standard time is UTC+5 all year under the current rules.
Summer time in 24 of 57 years since 1970
Before 1970
Standard time changes
| Date | Change | New standard time | Clock label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1970 | |||
| May 2, 1924 | Local mean time (UTC+3:25:24) replaced | UTC+3 | numeric only |
| June 21, 1930 | Standard time forward 2 hours | UTC+5 | numeric only |
| Since 1970 | |||
| October 1, 1981 | Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not move | UTC+6 | numeric only |
| April 1, 1982 | Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not move | UTC+5 | numeric only |
| March 26, 1989 | Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not move | UTC+4 | numeric only |
| January 19, 1992 | Standard time forward 1 hour | UTC+5 | numeric only |
| March 29, 1992 | Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not move | UTC+4 | numeric only |
| October 31, 2004 | Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not move | UTC+5 | numeric only |
Daylight saving periods
| Years | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back | Shift and labels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | April 1 | not that year | 1 hour |
| 1982 | not that year | October 1 | 1 hour |
| 1983 | April 1 | October 1 | 1 hour |
| 1984 | April 1 | September 30 | 1 hour |
| 1985–1988 | last Sunday in March, 02:00 | last Sunday in September, 03:00 | 1 hour |
| 1989 | not that year | September 24 | 1 hour |
| 1990–1991 | last Sunday in March, 02:00 | last Sunday in September, 03:00 | 1 hour |
| 1992 | not that year | September 27 | 1 hour |
| 1993–1995 | fourth Sunday in March, 02:00 | fourth Sunday in September, 03:00 | 1 hour |
| 1996–2003 | last Sunday in March, 02:00 | last Sunday in October, 03:00 | 1 hour |
| 2004 | March 28 | not that year | 1 hour |
Also on UTC+5
Aqtobe (Kazakhstan), Atyrau (Kazakhstan), Aqtau (Kazakhstan), Qostanay (Kazakhstan), Yekaterinburg (Russia), Qyzylorda (Kazakhstan), Turkmenistan, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Tajikistan (nearest first; 5 more on the list of offsets).
Clocks next door since 1970
- Samara (Russia) (235 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 6,273 days in 1981–2011.
- Saratov (Russia) (371 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,480 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
- Ulyanovsk (Russia) (399 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,116 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
- Aqtobe (422 km): same time except 5,333 days in 1989–2004.
- Atyrau (458 km): same time except 3,473 days in 1981 and 1989–1999.