Time Zone History

Saratov time zone history

The latest change of standard time came on December 4, 2016, from UTC+3 to UTC+4. On standard time, clocks at Saratov run 56 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the third-largest gap of the 9 zones on UTC+4 standard time. Daylight saving time was used in 29 years since 1970, last in 2010; under the current rules the clocks no longer change.

UTC+4

Standard time is UTC+4 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Saratov region · tz database name Europe/Saratov

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Summer time in 29 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+3, UTC+3:04:18: behind today’s standard timeUTC+4: today’s standard timeUTC+5: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+3, UTC+3:04:18: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+4: today’s standard timeUTC+5: 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
July 1, 1919Local mean time (UTC+3:04:18) replacedUTC+3numeric only
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+4numeric only
Since 1970
March 27, 1988Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+3numeric only
March 31, 1991Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+4numeric only
March 29, 1992Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+3numeric only
March 27, 2011Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+4numeric only
October 26, 2014Standard time back 1 hourUTC+3numeric only
December 4, 2016Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+4numeric only

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
1981–19831 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour
1984April 1September 301 hour
1985–1987last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour
1988not that yearSeptember 251 hour
1989–1990fourth Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour
1992not that yearSeptember 271 hour
1993–1995fourth Sunday in March, 02:00fourth Sunday in September, 03:001 hour
1996–2010last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour

Also on UTC+4

Samara (Russia), Ulyanovsk (Russia), Astrakhan (Russia), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates and Mauritius.

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Samara (333 km): same time except 7,909 days in 1988, 1989, 1991–2010 and 2014–2016.
  • Volgograd (335 km): same time except 2,889 days in 2016–2018 and 2020–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Ulyanovsk (346 km): same time except 980 days in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 and 2016.
  • Oral (Kazakhstan) (371 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 2,480 days in 1981–2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Astrakhan (598 km): same time except 616 days in 1988, 1989 and 2016.