Time Zone History

Ürümqi time zone history

On standard time, clocks in Ürümqi run 10 minutes ahead of local mean solar time. Local mean time, UTC+5:50:20, ended in 1928.

UTC+6

Standard time is UTC+6 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Xinjiang time · tz database name Asia/Urumqi

Convert a time from Ürümqi

UTC+6 every day since 1970

UTC+5:50:20: 10 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+6: today’s standard timeUTC+5:50:20: 10 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+6: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1928Local mean time (UTC+5:50:20) replacedUTC+6numeric only

Also on UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan, Omsk (Russia), Bhutan, Bangladesh and British Indian Ocean Territory.

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Hovd (Mongolia) (564 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 7,276 days in 1970–1977, 1983–1998, 2001–2006, 2015 and 2016.
  • Almaty (Kazakhstan) (859 km): same time except 5,624 days in 1981–2004 and 2024–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Kyrgyzstan (1,053 km): same time except 4,233 days in 1981–2005.
  • Barnaul (Russia) (1,100 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 5,526 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Novokuznetsk (Russia) (1,107 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 5,806 days in 1981–2011.

How it compares

The Ürümqi zone has kept UTC+6 since 1928, with no clock changes since 1970.