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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "KGT – Kyrgyzstan Time (Standard Time)". Time and Date. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Time Zone Database".