Time Zone History

Simferopol time zone history

The Simferopol zone has changed its standard time 5 times since 1970, tied second-most among the 12 zones on UTC+3 standard time. Daylight saving time was used in 31 years since 1970, last in 2013; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. The latest change of standard time came on October 26, 2014, from UTC+4 to UTC+3.

UTC+3

Standard time is UTC+3 (MSK) all year under the current rules.

Covers: Crimea · tz database name Europe/Simferopol

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Summer time in 31 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: 2 hours behind today’s standard timeUTC+2: 1 hour behind today’s standard timeUTC+2:16, UTC+2:16:24: behind today’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard timeUTC+4: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+1: 2 hours behind today’sstandard timeUTC+2: 1 hour behind today’sstandard timeUTC+2:16, UTC+2:16:24: behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard timeUTC+4: 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
January 1, 1880Local mean time (UTC+2:16:24) replacedUTC+2:16SMT
May 2, 1924Standard time back 16 minutesUTC+2EET
June 21, 1930Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3MSK
November 1, 1941Standard time back 2 hoursUTC+1CET
April 13, 1944Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+3MSK
Since 1970
July 1, 1990Standard time back 1 hourUTC+2EET
May 1, 1994Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+3MSK
March 30, 1997Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET
March 30, 2014Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+4MSK
October 26, 2014Standard time back 1 hourUTC+3MSK

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 3not that year1 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
1992–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00fourth Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1996March 31October 271 hour, MSK to MSD
1997not that yearOctober 261 hour
1998–2013last Sunday in March, 03:00last Sunday in October, 04:001 hour, EET to EEST

Also on UTC+3

Turkey, Volgograd (Russia), Belarus, Moscow (Russia), Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kirov (Russia), Saudi Arabia and Qatar (nearest first; 1 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Moldova (466 km): same time except 3,479 days in 1990–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Turkey (604 km): same time except 6,488 days in 1970–1978, 1981–2006, 2011 and 2014–2016.
  • Romania (635 km): same time except 10,504 days in 1970–1997 and 2014–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Kyiv (666 km): same time except 3,715 days in 1990, 1991, 1994–1997 and 2014–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Volgograd (Russia) (889 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 6,574 days in 1981–2018 and 2020–2026; same time today.

How it compares

The record holds 6 different UTC offsets, tied second-most among the 12 zones on UTC+3 standard time.

On standard time, clocks at Simferopol run 44 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the third-largest gap of the 9 zones on UTC+3 standard time whose clocks run ahead of the sun.