Time Zone History

Kyiv time zone history

On standard time, clocks in Kyiv run 2 minutes behind local mean solar time. Local mean time, UTC+2:02:04, ended in 1880.

UTC+2

Standard time is UTC+2 (EEST/EET); clocks go forward to UTC+3 on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.

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Summer time in 46 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: 1 hour behind today’s standard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+2:02:04: 2 minutes ahead of 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+2: today’s standard timeUTC+2:02:04: 2 minutes ahead oftoday’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
January 1, 1880Local mean time (UTC+2:02:04) replacedUTC+2:02:04KMT
May 2, 1924Standard time back 2 minutesUTC+2EET
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3MSK
September 20, 1941Standard time back 2 hoursUTC+1CET
November 6, 1943Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+3MSK
Since 1970
July 1, 1990Standard time back 1 hourUTC+2EET

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 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
1985–1989last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1990March 25not that year1 hour, MSK to MSD
1991not that yearSeptember 291 hour, MSK to MSD
1992–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00fourth Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1996–2037last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 04:001 hour, EET to EEST

Clock changes in 2026, 2027 and 2028

The clocks go forward 1 hour (EET to EEST) on March 29, 2026, March 28, 2027 and March 26, 2028 at 03:00 and back 1 hour (EEST to EET) on October 25, 2026, October 31, 2027 and October 29, 2028 at 04:00, local time.

Also on UTC+2

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

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Moldova (401 km): same time except 241 days in 1990–2021.
  • Belarus (435 km): same time except 2,442 days in 1990 and 1996–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Lithuania (589 km): same time except 1,869 days in 1989–1991 and 1996–2002.
  • Simferopol (666 km): same time except 3,715 days in 1990, 1991, 1994–1997 and 2014–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Poland (691 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 6,936 days in 1970–1996.