UTC+04:00

UTC+04:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +04:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+04:00. This time is used in:

UTC+04:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC+04:00
Current time
00:22, 19 September 2024 UTC+04:00 [refresh]
Central meridian
60 degrees E
Date-time group
D

UTC+04:00 – 2010: yellow (year-round), blue (DST Northern Hemisphere), light blue (sea areas)

Time in Europe:

Light Blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
	Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)
Red	Central European Time (UTC+1)
	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Yellow	Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2)
Ochre	Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
	Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
Green	Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise	Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4)

▉▉▉▉ Pale colours: Standard time observed all year
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed

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)

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.

Time in the Middle East

	UTC+02:00	Egypt Standard Time
	UTC+02:00 UTC+03:00	Eastern European Time / Israel Standard Time / Eastern European Summer Time / Israel Summer Time
	UTC+03:00	Arabia Standard Time / Turkey Time
	UTC+03:30	Iran Standard Time
	UTC+04:00	Gulf Standard Time

▉▉▉▉ Standard time observed all year
▉ Daylight saving time observed

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Samara, Muscat, Port Louis, Victoria, Saint-Denis, Stepanakert

Europe

Eastern Europe

• Russia – Samara Time^[1][2][3]
  • Southern Federal District
    • Astrakhan Oblast
  • Volga Federal District
    • Samara Oblast
    • Saratov Oblast
    • Udmurtia
    • Ulyanovsk Oblast

South Caucasus

• Armenia – Armenia Time^[4] (used DST in 1981–2012)
• Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Time (used DST in 1981–2016)
• Georgia – Georgia Time
  • Except Abkhazia and South Ossetia
    • Georgia moved from zone UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00 on June 27, 2004,^[5] then back to UTC+04:00 on March 27, 2005.

Asia

Middle East

• Oman – Time in Oman
• United Arab Emirates – United Arab Emirates Standard Time

Africa

• France
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
    • Crozet Islands^[6][7]
    • Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
      • Glorioso Islands^[8] and Tromelin Island^[9]
  • Réunion^[10]
• Mauritius – Mauritius Time
  • Mauritius tried DST in 2008 but decided not to continue^[11]
• Seychelles – Seychelles Time

Discrepancies between official UTC+04:00 and geographical UTC+04:00

Areas in UTC+04:00 longitudes using other time zones

Using UTC+03:00:

• Yemen
  • Socotra, the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago
  • The easternmost part of Al-Mahrah
• Saudi Arabia
  • The easternmost part of Syarqiyah
• 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)

Using UTC+03:30:

• Most parts of Iran

Using UTC+04:30:

• Western parts of Afghanistan

Using UTC+05:00:

• Turkmenistan
• Kazakhstan
  • Aktobe
  • Kyzylorda
  • Parts of Mangystau, Atyrau, and West Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
  • Most parts of the country, including Samarkand
• Pakistan
  • Western parts, including Karachi
• Russia
  • Bashkortostan, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, most parts of the Ural Federal District

Using UTC+06:00:

• Kazakhstan
  • Kostanay
  • A smaller parts of Turkistan
  • Western parts of Karaganda, Akmola, and North Kazakhstan

Areas outside UTC+04:00 longitudes using UTC+04:00 time

Areas between 37°30' E and 52°30' E ("physical" UTC+03:00)

• 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

References

1. "Russia Time Zone Map". WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
2. Federal law of 3 June 2011 no. 107-FZ (as amended on 22 December 2020) "On the calculation of time", Article 5. Time zones, Consultant Plus (in Russian).
3. New Time Zone in Russia's Volgograd Region, Timeanddate.com, 17 December 2020.
4. "Armenia scraps daylight saving time for good". 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
5. "Times are a' changing in Georgia". BBC News. 2004-06-27. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
6. "Guide Pratique De L'hivernant" (PDF) (in French). Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises. p. 30. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
7. "Current Times In French Southern and Antarctic Territories..." Time Genie. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
8. "Current Time In Glorioso Islands, Glorioso Islands..." Time Genie. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
9. "Current Time In Tromelin Island, Tromelin Island..." Time Genie. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
10. "World Time Zone Map Section # 19". WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
11. "Mauritius will not repeat daylight saving time". 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2017-03-20.