Omsk Time (OMST) is the time zone 6 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+6) and 3 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+3). Omsk Summer Time (OMSST) is UTC+7, still 3 hours ahead of Moscow (MSD+3). It is the official time in Omsk Oblast and, as of 2006, most other West Siberian regions in Russia (although there, it is interchangeably referred to as "Novosibirsk Time", see Use below). During the northern winter, the time zone is also used in central and eastern Kazakhstan and all of Kyrgyzstan. See also List of time zones Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... UTC +6 is the timezone for : Bhutan Time Generic UTC+6 in other countries. ... Time zones of Europe: Moscow Time (MSK) is the time zone 3 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+3). ... UTC+7 is used in: Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam External links Find cities currently in UTC+7 Category: ... Omsk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

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 Kirghiz and Tajik SSRs, and eastern Uzbek SSR. This included the city of Omsk and the capitals Alma-Ata, Frunze (Bishkek), Dushanbe and Tashkent. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)  listen; tr. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200 km² 0,5% Population  - Total (1989)  - Density Ranked 1st in the former... State motto: Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! Official language None. ... State motto: Бардык өлкөлордүн пролетарлары, бириккиле! Official language None. ... State motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! Official language None. ... State motto: Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! (transliteration: Butun Dunyo Proletarlari, Burlashingiz! (Uzbek: Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ... Serafimo-Alekseevskaya chapel, Oktyabr (formerly Rossiya) hotel, and Organ music hall Omsk (Russian: ) is a city in the southwest of Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. ... Almaty (Алматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata, also Verny, Vyernyi (Верный) in Imperial Russia) is a city in Kazakhstan, with a population of 1,168,000. ... Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (Бишкек, بىشكهك) (population in 2005 approx. ... Dushanbe (Душанбе), population 562,000 people (2000 census), is the capital of Tajikistan. ... Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташкент in Russian; its name translates from the Turkoman language to Stone City in English) is the current capital of Uzbekistan and also of Tashkent Province. ...

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 Savings Time, while Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in addition "moved west" by adjusting the clocks one hour back. Daylight saving time (also called DST, or Summer Time) is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. ...

In 1990s-2000s, Russia experienced a countrywide wave of clock shifts towards Moscow. By 2006, all except one of Western Siberia's Moscow+4 regions moved to Moscow+3, merging into Omsk Time: Novosibirsk Oblast in 1993 [1], Altai Krai in 1994 [2], Tomsk Oblast on May 1st, 2002 [3], and Altai Republic on an unknown date. Kemerovo Oblast remains the only region in the area on Moscow+4 "Krasnoyarsk Time". Altai Krai (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) in the Siberian Federal District. ... Tomsk Oblast (Russian: ) (2002 pop. ... The Altai Republic (Russian: ; Altay: Алтай Республика) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: ) (pop. ...

Use

Alhough the standard Omsk and Novosibirsk time zones are currently identical, each name is still in use depending on context, which is sometimes confusing or even contradictory. The term "Omsk Time" is mostly used in Omsk or when emphasizing the traditional Moscow+3 zone, as in "Tomsk followed Novosibirsk into the Omsk Time Zone". The term "Novosibirsk Time" is more widely used in the remainder of West Siberia, enforced by the common Moscow+4 past. Outdated and incorrect information is still rampant, including one-hour-early New Year's broadcast on national TV channels for Barnaul and Tomsk. Serafimo-Alekseevskaya chapel, Oktyabr (formerly Rossiya) hotel, and Organ music hall Omsk (Russian: ) is a city in the southwest of Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. ...

Major cities in the Omsk Time Zone:

• Almaty (northern winter)
• Astana (northern winter)
• Barnaul
• Bishkek (northern winter)
• Novosibirsk
• Omsk
• Tomsk