Time in Kazakhstan

Time in Kazakhstan is regulated by the Decree «О порядке исчисления времени на территории Республики Казахстан»[1] (in English: "On the Procedure for Calculating Time on the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan"), according to which time zone is applied: UTC+05:00 (from March 1, 2024) [2] and Daylight Saving Time is not observed since it was abolished in 2005.

Time in Kazakhstan
Map of Kazakhstan time zones
Current time
Kazakhstan Time (UTC+5)2:40 am, May 7, 2024 [refresh]

Even though the territory of Kazakhstan spans four geographical time zones (from UTC+03:00 to UTC+06:00), it observes UTC+05:00 year round.

The difference in geographical longitude between the extreme eastern and western points of Kazakhstan is 40°45′, which corresponds to the difference in local solar time of 2 hours 43 minutes.

IANA time zone database

The tz database identifies seven zones for Kazakhstan. Data in columns marked * are from the file zone.tab of the database.

coordinates* tzid* comments* UTC offset
+4315+07657 Asia/Almaty most areas rUTC+05:00
+4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) rUTC+05:00
+5312+06337 Asia/Qostanay Qostanay/Kostanay/Kustanay qUTC+05:00
+5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) qUTC+05:00
+4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystau (Mankistau) qUTC+05:00
+4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev) qUTC+05:00
+5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan qUTC+05:00

According to an email on the tz mailing list, Kostanay Region could be part of Asia/Qyzylorda .

Time by region
Regions of Kazakhstan
Geographic time zones on the territory of Kazakhstan
RegionTypetzidUTC offset
AkmolaregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
AktoberegionAsia/AqtobeUTC+05:00
Almatycity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
Almaty RegionregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
Astanacity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
AtyrauregionAsia/AtyrauUTC+05:00
Baikonur[3]city(2)Asia/QyzylordaUTC+05:00
East KazakhstanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
KaragandyregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
KostanayregionAsia/QostanayUTC+05:00
KyzylordaregionAsia/QyzylordaUTC+05:00
MangystauregionAsia/AqtauUTC+05:00
North KazakhstanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
PavlodarregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
Shymkentcity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
TurkistanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00
West KazakhstanregionAsia/OralUTC+05:00
JambylregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+05:00

Notes:

Time unification

The Ministry of Ecology of Kazakhstan say that Kazakhstan may unify the UTC offset to UTC+6, i.e. the Astana time. It was assumed that the proposal could be implemented on the night of November 30 to December 1, 2023. Soon they decided to abandon this plan and unify the time of the capital according to the time in the western regions (UTC+5).[4] The change was implemented on March 1, 2024.

References
  1. Information and legal system of regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. О порядке исчисления времени на территории Республики Казахстан. Text Retrieved 21st April 2024 (in Russian). Archived. Retrieved 14 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian).
  2. Московчук, Анастасия (2024-01-19). "В Казахстане установят единый часовой пояс". zakon.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  3. On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).
  4. "Kazakhstan considers changing time zones". Vestnik Kavkaza. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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