Kyrgyzstan Time
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Kyrgyzstan Time (KGT)
is the time zone of Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is +6:00 hrs ahead of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC+06:00). Kyrgyzstan does not observe daylight saving time.
IANA time zone database
[edit]Data for Kyrgyzstan directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself.
c.c.* | Coordinates* | TZ* | Comments* | UTC offset |
---|---|---|---|---|
KG | +4254+07436 | Asia/Bishkek | +06:00 |
History
[edit]Historic time zones for Kyrgyzstan (both as an independent country and as part of the Soviet Union)[2]
From | To | Zone | DST |
---|---|---|---|
2 May 1924 | 21 June 1930 | UTC+05:00 | No |
21 June 1930 | 1 April 1981 | UTC+06:00 | No |
1 April 1981 | 31 March 1991 | UTC+06:00 | Yes |
31 March 1991 | 12 August 2005 | UTC+05:00 | Yes |
12 August 2005 | Present | UTC+06:00 | No |
References
[edit]- ^ "KGT – Kyrgyzstan Time (Standard Time)". Time and Date. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Time Zone Database".