Time zones of Europe:

blue	Western European Time / Western European Summer Time (UTC+0 / UTC+1).
red	Central European Time / Central European Summer Time (UTC+1 / UTC+2).
green	Eastern European Time / Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+2 / UTC+3).
khaki	Moscow Time / Moscow Summer Time (UTC+3 / UTC+4).

Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving

Moscow Time (Russian: Моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is one of the time zones of Russia. In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the Decree Time was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each time zone of the USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (598x614, 25 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (598x614, 25 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Western European Time (WET) is the time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe, including the following countries and regions: Time zones of Europe: blue - GMT or Western European Time, red - Central European Time, green - Eastern European Time, khaki - Moscow Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving British Summer Time (BST), known in Ireland as Irish Summer Time (IST), is the changing of the clocks in effect in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Moscow Time (MSK) is the time zone 3 hours ahead of UTC. Categories: Stub | Time zones ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Moscow Summer Time Category: ... 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Moscow Time is in use for scheduling trains, airplanes, ships, etc. throughout the Russian Federation, this time is registered in telegrams, etc. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on radio stations as Moscow Time. A typical North American steam train In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ...

Moscow Standard Time (MSK) is 3 hours ahead of UTC, or UTC+3. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7...

Moscow Summer Time (MSD) is an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time, making it UTC+4. Moscow Summer Time Category: ...

Usage

Moscow Time

The section of European Russia (the portion of Russia west of the Ural Mountains), which contains the city of Moscow, use Moscow Time during the winter only, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March. In Kaliningrad Oblast EET = UTC+2 is used. Samara Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, and Udmurtia use Samara Time (UTC+4) instead of Moscow Time. Map of the Ural Mountains The Village of Kolchedan in Ural Mountains in 1912 The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, is a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Location of the Kaliningrad Oblast Map of the Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast Flag Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ; German: or Nordostpreussen, Northeast Prussia), informally called Yantarny kray (, meaning Amber region) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia; it... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Samara Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Ulyanovsk Oblast (Улья́новская о́бласть) is an administrative division of the Russian Federation. ... The Udmurt Republic (Russian: ; Udmurt: Удмурт Элькун) or Udmurtia (Russian: Удму́ртия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... Moscow Summer Time Category: ...

In Samara Time Zone with Samara Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Udmurtia UTC+4 is used. Samara Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Ulyanovsk Oblast (Улья́новская о́бласть) is an administrative division of the Russian Federation. ... Moscow Summer Time Category: ...

In the past Moscow Time was used in the former European parts of the USSR:

• Belarus, in 1930-1991
• Estonia, in 1940-1989
• Latvia, in 1940-1989
• Lithuania, in 1940-1989
• Moldova, in 1940-1991
• Ukraine, in 1930-1990
• Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), in 1946-1991
• Moscow (Russia),1930
• Samara Oblast (Russia), in 1989-1991

In 1922-30 and 1991-92 EET was used in Moscow. Location of the Kaliningrad Oblast Map of the Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast Flag Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ; German: or Nordostpreussen, Northeast Prussia), informally called Yantarny kray (, meaning Amber region) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia; it... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Samara Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ...

Moscow Summer Time

Much like the rest of the world, during the summer, Moscow Time shifts an hour forward to become UTC+4. Moscow Summer Time Category: ...

Since 1981 it has been used in the European section of former USSR:

• until 1988 in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
• until 1989 in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
• until 1990 in Kaliningrad Oblast.

Moscow Summer Time was used briefly in Samara Oblast between 1989 and 1990. Location of the Kaliningrad Oblast Map of the Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast Flag Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ; German: or Nordostpreussen, Northeast Prussia), informally called Yantarny kray (, meaning Amber region) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia; it... Samara Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ...

Just as the city of Moscow used EET in 1991-1992, it used EEST in the summer of 1991. By the summer of 1992, the city and the region reverted back to Moscow Time. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ...