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Moscow Time is the time zone
Time zone

A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time ....
 for the city of Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
. It is the second westernmost of the 11 time zones of Russia
Time in Russia

There are eleven time zones in Russia from UTC+2 to UTC+12—more than in any other country of the world.The time zones are as follows:...
.

During the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, Moscow Standard Time (MSK, ???) is 3 hours ahead of UTC, or UTC+3
UTC+3

UTC+3 is used in the following locations:As standard time East Africa Time**** and Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean **...
. During the summer, Moscow Time shifts forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become Moscow Summer Time (MSD), making it UTC+4
UTC+4

UTC+4 time zone is used as:...
.

In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the Decree Time
Decree time

Decree time refers to the changes introduced to the USSR time system by a Sovnarkom decree of 16 June 1930. By this decree, all clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead of standard time for each timezone....
 was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each time zone
Time zone

A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time ....
 of the USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
.

Moscow Time is in use for scheduling train
Train

A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
s, airplanes, ship
Ship

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s, etc.






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Moscow Time is the time zone
Time zone

A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time ....
 for the city of Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
. It is the second westernmost of the 11 time zones of Russia
Time in Russia

There are eleven time zones in Russia from UTC+2 to UTC+12—more than in any other country of the world.The time zones are as follows:...
.

During the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, Moscow Standard Time (MSK, ???) is 3 hours ahead of UTC, or UTC+3
UTC+3

UTC+3 is used in the following locations:As standard time East Africa Time**** and Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean **...
. During the summer, Moscow Time shifts forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become Moscow Summer Time (MSD), making it UTC+4
UTC+4

UTC+4 time zone is used as:...
.

In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the Decree Time
Decree time

Decree time refers to the changes introduced to the USSR time system by a Sovnarkom decree of 16 June 1930. By this decree, all clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead of standard time for each timezone....
 was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each time zone
Time zone

A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time ....
 of the USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
.

Moscow Time is in use for scheduling train
Train

A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
s, airplanes, ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
s, etc. throughout the Russian Federation
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, this time is registered in telegrams, etc. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on radio station
Radio station

This article is about radio broadcasting, for other uses see Radio .Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device....
s as Moscow Time.

Usage

The section of European Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (the portion of Russia west of the Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. They are usually considered as the natural boundary between Europe and Asia....
), which contains the city of Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, use Moscow Time. In Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia....
 Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries....
 (EET) = UTC+2
UTC+2

UTC+2 corresponds to the following time zones:...
 is used. Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast

Samara Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is located in the Volga Federal District. The administrative center is the city of Samara, Russia....
, and Udmurtia
Udmurtia

Udmurt Republic or Udmurtia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the Republic's Russian name is Udmurtskaya Respublika or Udmurtiya; Udmurt name: Udmurt Respublika....
 use Samara Time
Samara Time

Information Standard Time Zone: UTC+4Daylight Save Time rule: + 1 hourActual time zone: UTC+5Time zone abbreviation: SAMSTThe 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....
 (UTC+4
UTC+4

UTC+4 time zone is used as:...
) instead of Moscow Time.

In the past, Moscow Time was used in the former European parts of the USSR:
  • Belarus
    Belarus

    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
    , in 1930-1991
  • Estonia
    Estonia

    Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
    , in 1940-1989
  • Latvia
    Latvia

    Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
    , in 1940-1989
  • Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
    , in 1940-1989
  • Moldova
    Moldova

    Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
    , in 1940-1991
  • Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
    , in 1930-1990
  • Kaliningrad Oblast
    Kaliningrad Oblast

    Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia....
     (Russia), in 1946-1991
  • Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
     (Russia),1930
  • Samara Oblast
    Samara Oblast

    Samara Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is located in the Volga Federal District. The administrative center is the city of Samara, Russia....
     (Russia), in 1989-1991


In 1922-30 and 1991-92 EET
Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries....
 was used in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
.

Moscow Summer Time

Like the rest of Europe, during the summer, Moscow Time shifts an hour forward to become UTC+4
UTC+4

UTC+4 time zone is used as:...
.

Since 1981, it has been used in the European section of the former USSR:
  • until 1988 in Estonia
    Estonia

    Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
    , Latvia
    Latvia

    Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
    , Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
  • until 1989 in Belarus
    Belarus

    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
    , Moldova
    Moldova

    Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
     and Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • until 1990 in Kaliningrad Oblast
    Kaliningrad Oblast

    Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia....
    .
Moscow Summer Time was used briefly in Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast

Samara Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is located in the Volga Federal District. The administrative center is the city of Samara, Russia....
 between 1989 and 1990.

Just as the city of Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 used EET
Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries....
 in 1991-1992, it used EEST
Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries....
 in the summer of 1991. By the summer of 1992, the city and the region reverted back to Moscow Time.