Samara Time
Samara Time (SAMT) is the time zone 4 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+4) and 1 hour ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+1). Samara Time is used in Samara Oblast, Udmurtia, Astrakhan Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Saratov Oblast.
History
Until a reform on 28 March 2010, Samara time was UTC+4 in winter and Samara Summer Time (SAMST) was UTC+5 in summer. From that date, Samara time was abolished with the two regions effectively joining Moscow Summer Time.[1][2] In March 2011, Moscow time was moved forward to UTC+4 year-round, and Samara time was reinstated on 26 October 2014, when Moscow time moved back one hour to UTC+3 year-round and Samara Oblast and Udmurtia remained on UTC+4. On 27 March 2016, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast switched to Samara time by moving the clock 1 hour forwards from Moscow time.[3][4] On 4 December 2016, Saratov Oblast also switched to Samara time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2010 г. N 166 г. Москва "О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса" (Russian)
- ↑ Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 170 г. Москва "О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса" (Russian)
- ↑ Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 15 февраля 2016 г. N 27-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени"(Russian)
- ↑ Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 9 марта 2016 г. N 69-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени"(Russian)
- ↑ Proposed Time Change in Saratov, Russia, Timeanddate.com, 14 November 2016.
- ↑ Vladimir Putin signed law on time change in Saratov Oblast, Vzglyad-info, 22 November 2016. (Russian)