UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2019-02-08T23:36:06+03:00.
a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland. bMauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
For other time zones with the abbreviation AST, see AST (time).
Arabia Standard Time, or AST (indicated by KSA on some Arabic TV stations), is used by some of the countries in the Middle East. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed. Between 1982 and 2007, Iraq observed Arabia Daylight Time (UTC+04:00) but the government abolished DST in March 2008.[5][6]
Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:
Most of European Russia, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land. From October 26, 2014 Moscow and most other parts of European Russia started using UTC+03:00 again, year-round.[7] Also on September 7, 2016, Turkey started using UTC+03:00 year-round.[8][9] Besides the names mentioned above, the name "Eastern Europe Forward Time"' (EEFT) is sometimes used.
Most parts of the country, including Istanbul and nation's capital Ankara
Ukraine
Part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Belarus
Russia
The western part, including Saint Petersburg, half of Moscow and Crimea
Notes
The westernmost point at UTC+03:00 is the westernmost point of contiguous Russia, near Lavry, Pskov Oblast (27°19' E). The time zone employed there (corresponding to 45°E) is 17°41' E of physical time, i.e. roughly 1 hour and 11 minutes ahead of physical time, making for the largest overall discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC+03:00.
The easternmost point at UTC+03:00 is Cape Zhelaniya, Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (69°06' E). The time zone employed there (corresponding to 45°E) is 24°06' W of physical time, i.e. roughly 1 hour and 36 minutes behind physical time, making for the largest discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC+03:00.
On February 8, 2011, Russian presidentDmitry Medvedev issued a decree cancelling daylight saving time in Russia. Under the decree, all clocks in Russia advanced by 1 hour on March 27, 2011, but did not change back the following October, effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC+03:00 permanently, and Moscow Time UTC+04:00 permanently. This proved unpopular because of the dark mornings, children walking to school and people going to work in complete darkness. On October 26, 2014, Russia permanently returned to standard time by setting the clocks back by 1 hour effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC+02:00 permanently and Moscow Time UTC+03:00 permanently.
Ukraine had UTC+02:00 plus regularly EEST from 1990 till 2011 (in years 1981–1990 Moscow Summer Time) until the Ukrainian parliament added 1 hour "on the territory of Ukraine from March 27, 2011" and canceled daylight saving time on September 20, 2011, de facto making EEST (UTC+03:00) the new standard time.[16] After strong criticism from the mass media, on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision.[17]
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UTC 03 00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of 03 00 In areas using this time offset the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time UTC Following the ISO 8601 standard a time with this offset would be written as for example 2019 02 08T23 36 06 03 00 UTC 03 00Time zoneWorld map with the time zone highlightedUTC offsetUTCUTC 03 00Current time19 10 4 May 2023 UTC 03 00 refresh Central meridian45 degrees EDate time groupCUTC 03 00 2011 orange DST Northern Hemisphere yellow year round light blue sea areas Time zones of Africa UTC 01 00 Cape Verde Time a UTC 00 00 Greenwich Mean Time UTC 01 00 Central European TimeWest Africa Time UTC 02 00 Central Africa TimeEastern European TimeEgypt Standard TimeSouth African Standard Time UTC 03 00 East Africa Time UTC 04 00 Mauritius Time b Seychelles Time b a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north east of Madagascar respectively Time in the Middle East UTC 02 00 Egypt Standard Time UTC 02 00UTC 03 00 Eastern European Time Israel Standard Time Eastern European Summer Time Israel Summer Time UTC 03 00 Arabia Standard Time Turkey Time UTC 03 30 Iran Standard Time UTC 04 00 Persian Gulf Standard Time Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed Time in Europe Light Blue Western European Time Greenwich Mean Time UTC Blue Western European Time Greenwich Mean Time UTC Western European Summer Time British Summer Time Irish Standard Time UTC 1 Red Central European Time UTC 1 Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Yellow Eastern European Time Kaliningrad Time UTC 2 Ochre Eastern European Time UTC 2 Eastern European Summer Time UTC 3 Green Moscow Time Turkey Time UTC 3 Turquoise Armenia Time Azerbaijan Time Georgia Time UTC 4 Pale colours Standard time observed all year Dark colours Summer time observed Time in Russia KALT Kaliningrad Time UTC 2 MSK 1 MSK Moscow Time UTC 3 MSK 0 SAMT Samara Time UTC 4 MSK 1 YEKT Yekaterinburg Time UTC 5 MSK 2 OMST Omsk Time UTC 6 MSK 3 KRAT Krasnoyarsk Time UTC 7 MSK 4 IRKT Irkutsk Time UTC 8 MSK 5 YAKT Yakutsk Time UTC 9 MSK 6 VLAT Vladivostok Time UTC 10 MSK 7 MAGT Magadan Time UTC 11 MSK 8 PETT Kamchatka Time UTC 12 MSK 9 Contents 1 As standard time year round 1 1 Africa 1 1 1 East Africa 1 2 Antarctica 1 3 Asia 1 3 1 Arabia Standard Time 1 4 Europe 1 4 1 Caucasus region 2 As daylight saving time Northern Hemisphere summer only 2 1 Europe 2 2 Asia 2 3 Africa 3 Discrepancies between official UTC 03 00 and geographical UTC 03 00 3 1 Areas in UTC 03 00 longitudes using other time zones 3 2 Areas outside UTC 03 00 longitudes using UTC 03 00 time 3 2 1 Areas between 67 30 E and 82 30 E physical UTC 05 00 3 2 2 Areas between 52 30 E and 67 30 E physical UTC 04 00 3 2 3 Areas between 22 30 E and 37 30 E physical UTC 02 00 4 Notes 5 See also 6 ReferencesAs standard time year round EditPrincipal cities Moscow Saint Petersburg Doha Riyadh Baghdad Nairobi Dire Dawa Addis Ababa Manama Sana a Aden Minsk Kuwait City Asmara Antananarivo Kampala Amman DamascusAfrica Edit Main article East Africa Time East Africa Edit Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia France French Southern and Antarctic Lands Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean Bassas da India 1 Europa Island 2 and Juan de Nova Island 3 Mayotte Kenya Madagascar Somalia Somaliland disputed territory South Africa 4 Prince Edward Islands Tanzania UgandaAntarctica Edit Some bases in Antarctica See also Time in Antarctica Japan Showa StationAsia Edit Arabia Standard Time Edit For other time zones with the abbreviation AST see AST time Arabia Standard Time or AST indicated by KSA on some Arabic TV stations is used by some of the countries in the Middle East As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region there is no significant change in day length throughout the year so daylight saving time is not observed Between 1982 and 2007 Iraq observed Arabia Daylight Time UTC 04 00 but the government abolished DST in March 2008 5 6 Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria YemenEurope Edit Main articles Further eastern European Time Moscow Time and Time in Turkey Most of European Russia including Moscow Saint Petersburg Rostov on Don Novaya Zemlya Franz Josef Land From October 26 2014 Moscow and most other parts of European Russia started using UTC 03 00 again year round 7 Also on September 7 2016 Turkey started using UTC 03 00 year round 8 9 Besides the names mentioned above the name Eastern Europe Forward Time EEFT is sometimes used Belarus Russia Moscow Time 10 Central Federal District North Caucasian Federal District Northwestern Federal District Except Kaliningrad Oblast Southern Federal District Except Astrakhan Oblast Volga Federal District Except Samara Oblast Saratov Oblast Udmurtia Ulyanovsk Oblast Bashkortostan Orenburg Oblast and Perm Krai Turkey Time in Turkey Ukraine Crimea Crimea Peninsula or Republic of Crimea part of administered by Russia Donetsk Luhansk Kherson and zaporizhzhia regions 11 12 13 Caucasus region Edit Georgia while Georgia remains within UTC 04 00 its two breakaway regions have opted to use UTC 03 00 this includes Abkhazia 14 South Ossetia 14 As daylight saving time Northern Hemisphere summer only EditMain articles Eastern European Summer Time and Israel Summer Time Principal cities Kyiv Bucharest Athens Jerusalem Sofia Europe Edit Bulgaria Cyprus Northern Cyprus Estonia Finland Aland Greece Latvia Lithuania Moldova Transnistria Romania Ukraine Except Crimea part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions United Kingdom Akrotiri and DhekeliaAsia Edit Israel LebanonAfrica Edit Egypt 15 Discrepancies between official UTC 03 00 and geographical UTC 03 00 EditAreas in UTC 03 00 longitudes using other time zones Edit Using UTC 04 00 Caucasus region Georgia excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia Armenia and Artsakh Azerbaijan Russia with parts of its territories Astrakhan Samara Saratov and Ulyanovsk with an exception of the very east Western half of the of Udmurtia United Arab Emirates The westernmost region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Seychelles Aldabra Group Cosmoledo Atoll Farquhar Group French Southern and Antarctic Lands Crozet IslandsUsing UTC 03 30 Iran The western part including TehranUsing UTC 02 00 Ukraine standard time The easternmost part including Luhansk Sudan The very easternmost part in the country Mozambique Most of the northeast including Montepuez and NampulaAreas outside UTC 03 00 longitudes using UTC 03 00 time Edit Areas between 67 30 E and 82 30 E physical UTC 05 00 Edit Russia The very east of Severny Island with 69 2 E as the easternmost pointAreas between 52 30 E and 67 30 E physical UTC 04 00 Edit Yemen Socotra the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago The very easternmost part of Al Mahrah Saudi Arabia The easternmost part of Sharqiyah Russia Most of Franz Josef Land Yuzhny Island and most of Severny Island with an exception of the very east Some parts of the Russian mainland Komi Republic Nenets Autonomous Okrug east of Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan Areas between 22 30 E and 37 30 E physical UTC 02 00 Edit Tanzania The western part including Mwanza and Mbeya Uganda Kenya The western part including nation s capital Nairobi Ethiopia The western part including Nekemte and Jimma Saudi Arabia The northwesternmost part including Tabuk Turkey Most parts of the country including Istanbul and nation s capital Ankara Ukraine Part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions Belarus Russia The western part including Saint Petersburg half of Moscow and CrimeaNotes EditThe westernmost point at UTC 03 00 is the westernmost point of contiguous Russia near Lavry Pskov Oblast 27 19 E The time zone employed there corresponding to 45 E is 17 41 E of physical time i e roughly 1 hour and 11 minutes ahead of physical time making for the largest overall discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC 03 00 The easternmost point at UTC 03 00 is Cape Zhelaniya Severny Island Novaya Zemlya Russia 69 06 E The time zone employed there corresponding to 45 E is 24 06 W of physical time i e roughly 1 hour and 36 minutes behind physical time making for the largest discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC 03 00 On February 8 2011 Russian president Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree cancelling daylight saving time in Russia Under the decree all clocks in Russia advanced by 1 hour on March 27 2011 but did not change back the following October effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC 03 00 permanently and Moscow Time UTC 04 00 permanently This proved unpopular because of the dark mornings children walking to school and people going to work in complete darkness On October 26 2014 Russia permanently returned to standard time by setting the clocks back by 1 hour effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC 02 00 permanently and Moscow Time UTC 03 00 permanently Ukraine had UTC 02 00 plus regularly EEST from 1990 till 2011 in years 1981 1990 Moscow Summer Time until the Ukrainian parliament added 1 hour on the territory of Ukraine from March 27 2011 and canceled daylight saving time on September 20 2011 de facto making EEST UTC 03 00 the new standard time 16 After strong criticism from the mass media on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision 17 See also EditTime in Antarctica some stations use this time zone Time in Ethiopia Time in Russia Time in TurkeyReferences Edit Current Times In Bassas da India Time Genie Retrieved 18 August 2012 Current Time In Europa Island Europa Island Time Genie Retrieved 18 August 2012 Current Times In Juan de Nova Island Time Genie Retrieved 18 August 2012 World Time Zone Map Section 19 WorldTimeZone com Retrieved 15 July 2012 AST Arabia Standard Time timeanddate com Retrieved 31 August 2011 Winter time change will be abandoned this year cnnturk com Retrieved 8 September 2016 Russia returns to European DST in October 2014 Turkey Stays on Daylight Saving Time for Good Time and Date September 7 2016 Retrieved September 7 2016 Occupied Northern Cyprus to Follow Turkey Time September 14 2016 Retrieved September 14 2016 Russia Time Zone Map WorldTimeZone com Retrieved 22 March 2018 Ukraine Luhansk and Donetsk move to Moscow Time www timeanddate com Retrieved 5 September 2018 DPR and LPR switch over to Moscow time Retrieved 5 September 2018 DST News Donetsk and Lugansk Republics UTC 2 will join Moscow time zone UTC 3 at 3am on October 26 2014 www worldtimezone com Retrieved 5 September 2018 a b Transition to winter time will take place in Abkhazia in parallel with Russia Vestnik Kavkaza vestnikkavkaza net Retrieved 5 September 2018 Egypt to reapply daylight saving time annually to rationalise use of energy Ahram 1 March 2023 Retrieved 20 March 2023 Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time Kyiv Post 20 September 2011 Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct 30 updated Kyiv Post 18 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2011 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