Vladivostok Time

Vladivostok Time (VLAT) (Russian: владивостокское время, vladivostokskoye vremya), is a time zone in Russia, named after the city of Vladivostok. It is ten hours ahead of UTC (UTC+10:00) and seven hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+7).

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)

On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between UTC+10:00 in winter and UTC+11:00 in summer, Vladivostok Time became fixed at UTC+11:00 until 2014, when it was reset back to UTC+10:00 year-round.^[1]

IANA time zone database

In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database the corresponding zones is Asia/Vladivostok.

Areas on Vladivostok Time

• Khabarovsk Krai
• Central parts of the Sakha Republic (Oymyakonsky District, Ust-Yansky District and Verkhoyansky District)
• The Jewish Autonomous Oblast
• Primorsky Krai

Between 26 October 2014 and 24 April 2016 Vladivostok Time was used in Magadan Oblast and Sakhalin.

Cities on Vladivostok Time

Cities and towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants using Vladivostok Time:

• Artyom
• Khabarovsk
• Komsomolsk-on-Amur
• Nakhodka
• Ussuriysk
• Vladivostok

See also

• Time in Russia

References

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