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{{Time zones of Russia}}
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'''Samara Time''' ('''SAMT''') is the [[time zone]] 4 hours ahead of [[UTC]] ([[UTC+4]]) and 1 hour ahead of [[Moscow Time]] (MSK+1). Samara Summer Time (SAMST) was [[UTC+5]]. Samara Time was used in [[Samara Oblast]] and [[Udmurtia]] before the Russia's time zone reforms of 28 March 2010.
'''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]] and [[Udmurtia]]


On 28 March 2010, while most regions of Russia switched to Summer Time moving the clocks one hour forward, the only two Russian regions using Samara Time retained UTC+4, effectively joining [[Moscow Summer Time]].<ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/udmuria-shasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2010 г. N 166 г. Москва "О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса"] {{ru icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/samara-chasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 170 г. Москва "О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса"] {{ru icon}}</ref> On 26 October 2014 the timezone was reinstated.
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]].<ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/udmuria-shasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2010 г. N 166 г. Москва "О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса"] {{ru icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/samara-chasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 170 г. Москва "О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса"] {{ru icon}}</ref> In March 2014, 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.


== Information ==
== Information ==

Revision as of 18:21, 29 October 2014

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)

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 and Udmurtia

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 2014, 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.

Information

  • Standard Time Zone: UTC+4
  • Daylight Save Time rule: + 1 hour
  • Time zone abbreviation: SAMST

The Daylight Save Time rule runs from the last Sunday in March at 02:00 AM to the last Sunday in October at 03:00 AM, each year.

Geography

  • Latitude: 53° 1' North
  • Longitude: 50° 15' East

References