Omsk Time

Time zone in Russia (UTC+6)

Time in Russia   | KALT  | Kaliningrad Time | UTC+2 | (MSK−1)

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| 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)

Omsk Time (OMST) is a time zone in Russia that is six hours ahead of UTC (UTC+06:00), and 3 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK). It is used in Omsk Oblast.[1]

## History

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Until 1991, Omsk Time was one of the two time zones used in Soviet Central Asia. In addition to Omsk Oblast in the Russian SFSR, it covered the eastern two thirds of Kazakh SSR, all of Kyrgyz and Tajik SSRs, and eastern Uzbek SSR. This included the city of Omsk and the capitals Alma-Ata (Almaty), Frunze (Bishkek), Dushanbe and Tashkent.

For two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Omsk Oblast remained the only region in Russia in this time zone. The newly independent Central Asian states ceased to observe daylight saving time, while Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in addition "moved west" by adjusting the clocks one hour back.

From the 1990s to the 2010s, Russia experienced a countrywide wave of clock shifts towards Moscow. By 2010, all Western Siberia's Moscow+4 regions moved to Moscow+3, merging into Omsk Time.

In 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between UTC+06:00 in winter and UTC+07:00 in summer, Omsk time was set to UTC+07:00 until 2014, when it was reset back to UTC+06:00 year-round, but Kemerovo Oblast decided to stay in UTC+07:00 \- Krasnoyarsk Time.

In 2016, Altai Krai, Altai Republic,[2] Tomsk Oblast,[3] and Novosibirsk Oblast[4] switched to Krasnoyarsk Time (UTC+07:00).

Omsk Oblast is now the only part of Russia which uses this time zone.

Changes in area observing Omsk Time  Date  | region(s)  | Type of change  | IANA time zone (tzid)

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| Eastern 2/3 Kazakhstan | leave  | Asia/Almaty
| East Uzbekistan | leave  | Asia/Tashkent
| Tajikistan | leave  | Asia/Dushanbe
1993-05-23  | Novosibirsk Oblast [5] | join  | Asia/Novosibirsk
1995-05-28  | Altai Krai and Altai Republic [6] | join  | Asia/Novosibirsk
2002-05-01  | Tomsk Oblast[7][8] | join  | Asia/Novosibirsk
2010-03-28  | Kemerovo Oblast[9][10] | join  | Asia/Novosibirsk
2014  | Kemerovo Oblast  | leave  | Asia/Krasnoyarsk
2016-03-27  | Altai Krai and Altai Republic  | leave  | Asia/Krasnoyarsk
2016-05-29  | Tomsk Oblast  | leave  | Asia/Krasnoyarsk
2016-07-24  | Novosibirsk Oblast  | leave  | Asia/Krasnoyarsk

## References

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1. ^ "RUSSIA TIME ZONES - RUSSIA CURRENT TIMES". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
2. ^ "Новости - Федеральное агентство по техническому регулированию и метрологии (РОССТАНДАРТ)". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
3. ^ "СФ одобрил перевод времени в Томской области на час вперед". AiF (in Russian). 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
4. ^ "Госдума окончательно утвердила перевод стрелок в НСО на час вперед". news.ngs.ru. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
5. ^ Новосибирская область переводится из шестого часового пояса в пятый 23 мая в 00 часов 00 минут. (No. 21, 22.05.1993) http://vedomosti.sfo.ru/articles/?article=20345 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Государственное Собрание — Эл Курултай Республики Алтай. Постановление №8-11 от 6 апреля 1995 г. «О переводе Республики Алтай в пятый часовой пояс». Опубликован: "Сборник Ведомости Государственного Собрания - Эл Курултай Республики Алтай", No.8, 12 декабря 1995 г. (State Assembly—El Kurultai of the Altai Republic. Resolution #8-11 of 6 April 1995 On Transferring the Altai Republic to the Fifth Time Zone. ).
7. ^ "С 1 мая Томская область перешла в новый часовой пояс". May 2002.
8. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №246 от 17 апреля 2002 г. «О применении на территории Томской области времени пятого часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская газета", 24 апреля 2002 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #246 of 17 April 2002 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Tomsk Oblast. ).
9. ^ "Интернет-портал Правительства Российской Федерации / Правительство России". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
10. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №740 от 14 сентября 2009 г. «О применении на территории Кемеровской области времени пятого часового пояса». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #740 of September 14, 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast. ).