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YST

Yekaterinburg Standard Time

Yekaterinburg Standard Time keeps clocks fixed at +05:00 year-round, giving the Urals region stable daylight hours and predictable scheduling for anyone flying east out of Russia.

UTC+05:00 standard1 IANA zone6 cities
Current time in YST☾ Night
01:05:03

Saturday, June 6, 2026

☾ NIGHT 04:0912:5621:42
Standard
+05 · +5
IANA zones
1

Current offset

UTC+05:00

Standard · +05

Daylight saving

Not observed

Year-round standard time

IANA zones

1

None observe daylight saving

DST offset

—

No summer variant

About YST

A fixed, year-round offset.

Yekaterinburg Standard Time keeps clocks fixed at +05:00 year-round, giving the Urals region stable daylight hours and predictable scheduling for anyone flying east out of Russia.

IANA zones · the technical identifiers

The zone that resolve to YST.

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.

IANA zonePrimary cityDST
Asia/YekaterinburgYekaterinburg— None

Cities currently on YST

The same hour, city by city.

6 cities · all UTC+05:00

Yekaterinburg
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round
Chelyabinsk
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round
Ufa
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round
Perm
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round
Tyumen
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round
Orenburg
01:05
01:05:05 · +05
YST year-round

Where YST is used

One country.

Russia
YST · UTC+05:00

Same offset · UTC+05:00

Other zones at UTC+05:00 right now.

These named zones share YST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.

EKTUTC+5
--:--
East Kazakhstan Time
Asia— No DST
Kazakhstan
FSATUTC+5
--:--
French Southern & Antarctic Time
Antarctic— No DST
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
MALDIVUTC+5
--:--
Maldives Time
Asia— No DST
Maldives
MAWSONUTC+5
--:--
Mawson Time
Antarctic— No DST
Antarctica
PKTUTC+5
--:--
Pakistan Standard Time
Asia— No DST
Pakistan
TAJIKIUTC+5
--:--
Tajikistan Time
Asia— No DST
Tajikistan
TSTUTC+5
--:--
Turkmenistan Standard Time
Asia— No DST
Turkmenistan
USTUTC+5
--:--
Uzbekistan Standard Time
Asia— No DST
Uzbekistan
VOSTOKUTC+5
--:--
Vostok Time
Antarctic— No DST
Antarctica
WKTUTC+5
--:--
West Kazakhstan Time
Asia— No DST
Kazakhstan

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about YST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

Does Yekaterinburg observe daylight saving time?
No, Yekaterinburg Standard Time stays permanently on +05:00 without any daylight saving changes.
What UTC offset is used for Yekaterinburg?
The representative city uses a constant UTC+05:00 throughout the year.
Which country uses Yekaterinburg Standard Time?
This offset is currently associated with Russia, specifically the Ural region around Yekaterinburg.
What is the correct abbreviation for this timezone?
The short label is +05, matching several Eurasian regions, not only Russia.
When did Yekaterinburg lock in its current offset?
The last major change took effect on 26 October 2014, moving to permanent +05:00.

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// France's time zones, right now
GET /v1/timezones?country=fr
{
"data": [
{
"iana": "Europe/Paris",
"display_name": "Paris",
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+02:00",
"abbreviation": "CEST",
"is_dst": true
}
}
]
}