Magadan Time (MAGT) () is a time zone in Russia, named after Magadan, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast. It is 11 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+11) and 8 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+8).
Between 26 October 2014 and 24 April 2016, Magadan Oblast was in UTC+10 (MSK+7), that is Vladivostok Time."New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014", World Time Zone, 22 July 2014.Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan, Timeanddate.com, 7 April 2016. During this time, the UTC+11:00 (MSK+8) time zone was named Srednekolymsk Time, and was used by only 27,000 residents in the eastern districts of the Sakha Republic and northern Kuril Islands.Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia, Timeanddate.com.
The time in Magadan has been as follows:Time Zone Database (IANA) Start date UTC offset MSK offset From 1924, May 2 UTC+10:00 MSK+8 From 1930, Jun 21 UTC+11:00 MSK+8 From 1991, Mar 31 UTC+10:00 with DST MSK+8 From 1992, Jan 19 UTC+11:00 with DST MSK+8 From 2011, Mar 27 UTC+12:00 MSK+8 From 2014, Oct 26 UTC+10:00 MSK+7 From 2016, Apr 24 UTC+11:00 MSK+8
Areas on Magadan Time Magadan Oblast Sakhalin Oblast Eastern districts of the Sakha Republic:Abyysky Allaikhovsky MomskyNizhnekolymsky Srednekolymsky Verkhnekolymsky
IANA time zone database In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database, the zones with the same current offset are:
See also Time in Russia
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