Irkutsk Time

Irkutsk Time
Time zone
UTC offset
IRKTUTC+08:00
Current time
09:13, 25 March 2026 IRKT [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is not observed in this time zone.

Irkutsk Time (IRKT) is the time zone eight hours ahead of UTC (UTC+08:00) and 5 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+5).

The time zone covers Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast.

On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between UTC+08:00 in winter and UTC+09:00 in summer, Irkutsk Time became fixed at UTC+09:00 until 2014, when it was reset back to UTC+08:00 year-round.[1]

IANA time zone database

In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database, the zone with the same current offset is:

c.c. Coordinates Timezone name Comments UTC offset
RU +5216+10420
Asia/Irkutsk
MSK+05 – Irkutsk, Buryatia +08:00

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia: Putin abolishes 'daylight savings' time change". BBC News. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2017.