Magadan Time

Magadan Time (MAGT) (Russian: магада́нское вре́мя, magadanskoye vremya), is a time zone in Russia, named after Magadan, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast. It is 11 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+11) and 8 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+8).

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)

Between 26 October 2014 and 24 April 2016, Magadan Oblast was in UTC+10 (MSK+7), that is Vladivostok Time.^[1][2] During this time, the UTC+11:00 (MSK+8) time zone was named Srednekolymsk Time, and was used by only 27,000 residents in the eastern districts of the Sakha Republic and northern Kuril Islands.^[3]

The time in Magadan has been as follows:^[4]

Start date	UTC offset	MSK offset
From 1924, May 2	UTC+10:00	MSK+8
From 1930, Jun 21	UTC+11:00	MSK+8
From 1991, Mar 31	UTC+10:00 with DST	MSK+8
From 1992, Jan 19	UTC+11:00 with DST	MSK+8
From 2011, Mar 27	UTC+12:00	MSK+8
From 2014, Oct 26	UTC+10:00	MSK+7
From 2016, Apr 24	UTC+11:00	MSK+8

Areas on Magadan Time

• Magadan Oblast
• Sakhalin Oblast

Eastern districts of the Sakha Republic:
Abyysky Allaikhovsky Momsky	Nizhnekolymsky Srednekolymsky Verkhnekolymsky

See also

• Time in Russia

References

1. "New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014", World Time Zone, 22 July 2014.
2. Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan, Timeanddate.com, 7 April 2016.
3. Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia, Timeanddate.com.
4. Time Zone Database (IANA)