Time in Kazakhstan

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Time in Kazakhstan
Map of Kazakhstan time zones
Current time
Kazakhstan Time (UTC+5)2:07 am, March 28, 2024 [refresh]

Even though its territory spans four geographical time zones (from +3 to +6), standard time in Kazakhstan is UTC+05:00. These times apply throughout the year as Kazakhstan does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Kazakhstan switched to a single time zone, UTC+05:00, on March 1, 2024.[1]

IANA time zone database[edit]

The tz database identifies seven zones for Kazakhstan. Data in columns marked * are from the file zone.tab of the database.

coordinates* tzid* comments* UTC offset
+4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most areas rUTC+05:00
+4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) rUTC+05:00
+5312+06337 Asia/Qostanay Qostanay/Kostanay/Kustanay qUTC+05:00
+5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) qUTC+05:00
+4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystau (Mankistau) qUTC+05:00
+4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev) qUTC+05:00
+5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan qUTC+05:00

According to an email on the tz mailing list, Kostanay Region could be part of Asia/Qyzylorda [1].

Time by region[edit]

Regions of Kazakhstan
Geographic time zones on the territory of Kazakhstan
Region Type tzid UTC offset
Akmola region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Aktobe region Asia/Aqtobe UTC+05:00
Almaty city(1) Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Almaty Region region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Astana city(1) Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Atyrau region Asia/Atyrau UTC+05:00
Baikonur[2] city(2) Asia/Qyzylorda UTC+05:00
East Kazakhstan region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Karagandy region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Kostanay region Asia/Qostanay UTC+05:00
Kyzylorda region Asia/Qyzylorda UTC+05:00
Mangystau region Asia/Aqtau UTC+05:00
North Kazakhstan region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Pavlodar region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Shymkent city(1) Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
Turkistan region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00
West Kazakhstan region Asia/Oral UTC+05:00
Jambyl region Asia/Almaty UTC+05:00

Notes:

Time unification[edit]

The Ministry of Ecology of Kazakhstan say that Kazakhstan may unify the UTC offset to UTC+6, i.e. the Astana time. It was assumed that the proposal could be implemented on the night of November 30 to December 1, 2023. Soon they decided to abandon this plan and unify the time of the capital according to the time in the western regions (UTC+5).[3] The change was implemented on March 1, 2024.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Московчук, Анастасия (2024-01-19). "В Казахстане установят единый часовой пояс". zakon.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan considers changing time zones". Vestnik Kavkaza. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-19.