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Irkutsk Time

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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)

Irkutsk Time Zone (IRKT) is the time zone five hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+5).

Before 27 March 2011, Irkutsk Time was eight hours ahead of UTC in winter (UTC+8) and nine hours ahead of UTC in summer (Irkutsk Summer Time (IRKST), UTC+9, MSD+5).

On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between UTC+8 in winter and UTC+9 in summer, Irkutsk Time became fixed at UTC+9.

The time zone may be also referred to as Buryatia Time.

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