Time Zone History

Kaliningrad time zone history

The Kaliningrad zone has changed its standard time 3 times since 1970, tied second-most among the 23 zones on UTC+2 standard time. In 1945 the clocks were changed 4 times. The latest change of standard time came on October 26, 2014, from UTC+3 to UTC+2.

UTC+2

Standard time is UTC+2 (EET) all year under the current rules.

Covers: Kaliningrad region · tz database name Europe/Kaliningrad

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Summer time in 30 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: 1 hour behind today’s standard timeUTC+1:22: 38 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+3: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+4: 2 hours ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+1: 1 hour behind today’sstandard timeUTC+1:22: 38 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+3: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard timeUTC+4: 2 hours ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
April 1, 1893Local mean time (UTC+1:22) replacedUTC+1CET
April 10, 1945Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET
April 7, 1946Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3MSK
Since 1970
March 26, 1989Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3numeric only
October 26, 2014Standard time back 1 hourUTC+2EET

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1916April 30October 11 hour, CET to CEST
1917–1918third Monday in April, 02:00third Monday in September, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST
1940April 1not that year1 hour, CET to CEST
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 3October 21 hour, CET to CEST
1945April 2, April 29November 11 hour, CET to CEST
Since 1970
1981–19831 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1984April 1September 301 hour, MSK to MSD
1985–1988last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1989not that yearSeptember 241 hour
1990–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1996–2010last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST

Also on UTC+2

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Kyiv (Ukraine), Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Nicosia (Cyprus) (nearest first; 12 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Poland (276 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 9,310 days in 1970–2026.
  • Lithuania (309 km): same time except 4,243 days in 1998–2026.
  • Latvia (335 km): same time except 3,263 days in 1996–2026.
  • Belarus (467 km): same time except 4,996 days in 1989–1991 and 2014–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Germany (531 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 9,849 days in 1970–2026.

How it compares

On standard time, clocks at Kaliningrad run 38 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the third-largest gap of the 12 zones on UTC+2 standard time whose clocks run ahead of the sun.

Daylight saving time was used in 30 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.

Clocks were first moved for daylight saving in 1916, the earliest start of the 26 zones in Russia.

Kaliningrad left local mean time (UTC+1:22) in 1893, the third-earliest switch of the 26 zones in Russia.