Kamchatka Time or Petropavlovsk Time (PETT; russian: камчатское время, ''kamchatskoye vremya''), also known as Anadyr Time (ANAT), is a
time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...
in
Russia, named after the
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...
. It is 12 hours ahead of
UTC (
UTC+12:00) and 9 hours ahead of
Moscow Time
Moscow Time (MSK, russian: моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia. It has ...
(MSK+9). This time zone is used in the two easternmost regions of Russia after October 2014 and was also used before the time zone reform of 2010.
''Kamchatka Summer Time'' (''PETST'') corresponded to
UTC+13:00, but still 9 hours ahead of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
(MSD+9). This no longer exists as explained below.
On 28 March 2010, while most regions of Russia switched to
Summer Time moving the clocks one hour forward, the two Russian regions using Kamchatka Time,
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...
and
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a bord ...
, retained
UTC+12:00, effectively joining
Magadan Summer Time.
Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 171 г. Москва «О применении на территории Камчатского края и Чукотского автономного округа времени десятого часового пояса»
Between 2011 and 2014 Russia observed "permanent" DST. When time in most of Russia was moved one hour back in October 2014, a separate MSK+9 time zone was reinstated but Daylight Saving Time was not re-introduced.
Main cities:
*Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultu ...
* Anadyr
*Vilyuchinsk
Vilyuchinsk (russian: Вилючинск) is a closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula about across Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:
History
It was founded as Sovetsky () on October ...
*Yelizovo
Yelizovo (russian: Е́лизово) is a town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Avacha River northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:
History
Founded in 1848 as the '' selo'' of Stary Ostrog (), it was renamed Zavoyko () in ...
See also
*Time in Russia
There are eleven time zones in Russia (within its internationally recognized borders), which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. Daylight saving time (DST) has not been used in Russia since 26 October 2014. From 27 Marc ...
References
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Time zones
Time in Russia