UTC+03:00

UTC+03:00
UTC+03:00
Time zone
	World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC+00:00
Current time
	14:43, 18 November 2024 UTC+03:00 [refresh]
Observance of DST
	DST is observed throughout this time zone.

**Time zones of Africa**:

Light Blue Cape Verde Time^[a] (UTC−1)

Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Red
Central European Time
West Africa Time
(UTC+1)

Ochre
Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Egypt Standard Time
South African Standard Time
(UTC+2)

Green East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Turquoise
Mauritius Time^[b]
Seychelles Time^[b]
(UTC+4)
^a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
^b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2024-11-18T14:43:30+03:00 (boldface only here to be clear).

Some areas in the world use UTC+03:00 all year, other areas only part of the year.

As standard time (all year round)

Europe

Further-eastern European Time (FET)

Most of European Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov on Don, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land. From October 26, 2014 Moscow and most other parts of European Russia started using UTC+3 again, all year around. ^[1]

Besides the names mentioned above, the name 'Eastern Europe Forward Time' (EEFT) is sometimes used.

Russia - Moscow Time
all railroad time in Russia, including railroad in Kaliningrad Oblast.

East Africa Time

Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Mayotte (France) and Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (Bassas da India, Europa Island, Juan de Nova Island)
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda

Arabia Standard Time

Arabia Standard Time, or AST, is used by some 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. Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:^[2]

Notes:

The westernmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is the westernmost point of Sudan, in the West Darfur state, at the border with Chad; Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, located very close to that point, has a longitude of 22°27' E.
The easternmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is actually the easternmost point of Saudi Arabia, in the Eastern Province, at the border with Oman, with a longitude of roughly 55°20' E.

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)

Eastern European Summer Time - Territories observing European Union DST rules

Bulgaria
Cyprus (including Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
Estonia
Finland (including Åland)
Greece
Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Moldova
Romania
Turkey

Middle East - observing various DST rules

Egypt (starting from 7 July)^[3]
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria

Notes

The westernmost point at which UTC+03 with DST is applied is actually the westernmost point of contiguous Russia, near Lavry, Pskov Oblast (27°19' E). During the summer the time employed there (corresponding to 60°E) is 33°41' E of physical time, i.e. roughly 2 hours and 14 minutes ahead of physical time, making for the largest discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC+3 with DST. This actually the largest discrepancy overall for UTC+03 even if UTC+03 with no DST is included.
The easternmost point at which UTC+03 with DST is applied is Cape Zhelaniya, Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (69°06' E). During the winter the time 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+3 with DST for that time of the year, but not overall (see note 1 above).
On February 8, 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree cancelling DST in Russia. Under the decree, all clocks in Russia will advance one hour on March 27, 2011, but will not change back the following October, effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC+03 permanently, and Moscow Time UTC+04 permanently.
Ukraine had UTC+2 plus regularly EEST from 1992 till 2011 (in years 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time) until the Ukrainian parliament added one hour "on the territory of Ukraine from March 27, 2011" and canceled DST on September 20, 2011 de facto making EEST (UTC+3) the new standard time.^[4] After strong criticism from the mass media, on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision.^[5]

References

^ Russia returns to European DST in October 2014
^ "AST – Arabia Standard Time". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ "Daylight savings time returning to Egypt on 7 July". Ahram Online. Al-Ahram. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time, Kyiv Post (September 20, 2011)
^ "Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated)". Kyiv Post. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

[1] Russia returns to European DST in October 2014

[2] "AST – Arabia Standard Time". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.

[3] "Daylight savings time returning to Egypt on 7 July". Ahram Online. Al-Ahram. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[Kyivwintertimeisgone-4] Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time, Kyiv Post (September 20, 2011)

[Ukraine-back-to-winter-time-5] "Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated)". Kyiv Post. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

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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)