Time in Kazakhstan
Map of Kazakhstan time zones
Current time
Western Kazakhstan Time (UTC+5)9:12 am, January 10, 2024 [refresh]
Eastern Kazakhstan Time (UTC+6)10:12 am, January 10, 2024 [refresh]

Even though its territory spans four geographical time zones (from +3 to +6), standard time in Kazakhstan is either UTC+05:00 or UTC+06:00. These times apply throughout the year as Kazakhstan does not observe Daylight saving time.

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 UTC+06:00
+4448+06528 Asia/Qyzylorda Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda) UTC+05:00
+5312+06337 Asia/Qostanay Qostanay/Kostanay/Kustanay UTC+06:00
+5017+05710 Asia/Aqtobe Aqtobe (Aktobe) UTC+05:00
+4431+05016 Asia/Aqtau Mangghystau (Mankistau) UTC+05:00
+4707+05156 Asia/Atyrau Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev) UTC+05:00
+5113+05121 Asia/Oral West Kazakhstan UTC+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
RegionTypetzidUTC offset
AkmolaregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
AktoberegionAsia/AqtobeUTC+05:00
Almatycity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
Almaty RegionregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
Astanacity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
AtyrauregionAsia/AtyrauUTC+05:00
Baikonur[1]city(2)Asia/QyzylordaUTC+05:00
East KazakhstanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
KaragandyregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
KostanayregionAsia/QostanayUTC+06:00
KyzylordaregionAsia/QyzylordaUTC+05:00
MangystauregionAsia/AqtauUTC+05:00
North KazakhstanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
PavlodarregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
Shymkentcity(1)Asia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
TurkistanregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00
West KazakhstanregionAsia/OralUTC+05:00
JambylregionAsia/AlmatyUTC+06:00

Notes:

Time unification proposal

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)

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See also

References

  1. ↑ On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).
  2. ↑ "Kazakhstan considers changing time zones". Vestnik Kavkaza. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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