Time zone · Europe
SST
Samara Standard Time
Samara Standard Time (SST) is a year-round UTC+04:00 zone used in Russia’s Samara region, with no daylight saving changes—so the clock stays the same all year, making scheduling simple for local life and cross-border work.
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Current offset
UTC+04:00
Standard · +04
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About SST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Samara Standard Time (SST) is a year-round UTC+04:00 zone used in Russia’s Samara region, with no daylight saving changes—so the clock stays the same all year, making scheduling simple for local life and cross-border work.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to SST.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities currently on SST
The same hour, city by city.
3 cities · all UTC+04:00
Where SST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+04:00
Other zones at UTC+04:00 right now.
These named zones share SST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about SST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why doesn’t this region use daylight saving time?
- Russia has moved several times between permanent standard time, summer time, and back to fixed offsets; Samara settled on a fixed UTC+04:00, so clocks no longer shift forward or backward.
- Is Samara Standard Time used in other regions of Russia?
- On timezone.io the SST region currently maps mainly to Europe/Samara, but several other parts of Russia also use UTC+04:00 under different zone names; SST is the label we give based on the Samara representative zone.
- What countries are in this timezone region?
- Within this region’s member zones, the primary country example is Russia.
- Is Samara Standard Time the same as Moscow Time?
- No. Moscow Time is UTC+03:00, while Samara Standard Time is UTC+04:00—so Samara is always one hour ahead of Moscow and does not change for DST, unlike some past Russian daylight saving rules.
- When did this zone move to a fixed offset?
- The current steady UTC+04:00 offset in Europe/Samara has been in effect since March 27, 2011 (local time), when Russia opted for a fixed time instead of seasonal clock changes.
- Does this clock match the actual solar noon exactly?
- Clock time and solar noon rarely line up perfectly. Being fixed at UTC+04:00, Samara is close to local solar time, but exact noon depends on where you are within the time zone.
- Are there recent Daylight Saving changes planned?
- There are no known upcoming daylight saving transitions for this zone; it stays at UTC+04:00 year-round.
- How can I track any future changes?
- The next transition is listed as unknown on timezone.io, meaning no scheduled DST change or offset shift is currently set; any future rules would appear there if adopted.
- How many zones make up this region?
- On timezone.io, this region currently has one member zone: Europe/Samara (Russia).
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