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 ahead of 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.
As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Istanbul, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Doha, Riyadh, Baghdad, Nairobi, Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa, Manama, Sanaa, Aden, Minsk, Kuwait City, Asmara, Antananarivo, Kampala, Amman, Damascus, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu
Africa
East Africa Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia France French Southern and Antarctic Lands Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island Mayotte Kenya Madagascar Somalia South Africa Prince Edward Islands Tanzania Uganda
Antarctica Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica. Japan Showa Station
Asia Arabia Standard 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.
Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:
Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Yemen
Europe
Most of European Russia, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar, 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. Also on September 7, 2016, Turkey started using UTC+03:00 year-round. Besides the names mentioned above, the name "Eastern Europe Forward Time"' (EEFT) is sometimes used. Belarus Russia – Moscow Time 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 Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine - Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk People's Republic, part of Donetsk People's Republic, part of Kherson Oblast and part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Caucasus region Georgia (while Georgia remains within UTC+04:00, its two breakaway regions have opted to use UTC+03:00) this includes: Abkhazia South Ossetia
As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)
Principal cities: Kyiv, Bucharest, Athens, Jerusalem, Sofia, Cairo
Europe Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Finland Åland Greece Latvia Lithuania Moldova Transnistria Romania Ukraine Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Asia Israel Lebanon Palestine
Africa Egypt
Discrepancies between official UTC+03:00 and geographical UTC+03:00
Areas in UTC+03:00 longitudes using other time zones Using UTC+04:00: Caucasus region: Georgia, excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia Armenia Azerbaijan Russia, with parts of its territories: Astrakhan, Samara, Saratov and Ulyanovsk (with an exception of the very east) Western half 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 Islands
Using UTC+03:30: Iran The western part, including Tehran
Using UTC+02:00: Ukraine (standard time) The easternmost part, including Luhansk (the territories under Ukrainian control) Sudan The very easternmost part in the country Mozambique Most of the northeast, including Montepuez and Nampula
Areas outside UTC+03:00 longitudes using UTC+03:00 time
Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical" UTC+05:00) Russia The very east of Severny Island with 69°2' E as the easternmost point
Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00) 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) 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 Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine Belarus Russia The western part, including Saint Petersburg and half of Moscow
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 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. After strong criticism from the mass media, on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision.
See also Time in Ethiopia Time in Russia
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