Time Zones of Kazakhstan

Basic time zone concepts

Rules currently in force

There have been two recent changes to timekeeping in Kazakhstan. The country eliminated daylight saving time as of 2005. A bulletin from the Kazakhstan embassies in the U.K.  and the U.S.  says that this decree was issued on 2005-03-15, less than two weeks in advance of the scheduled start of DST. Kazakhstan has also merged its Western and Central zones. The new Western zone is on UTC+5.

RegionsStandardZone Name
Aqtöbe, Atyrau, Mangghystau, West KazakhstanUTC+5Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral
Remainder of KazakhstanUTC+6Asia/Almaty, Asia/Qyzylorda

Time zone history

Source: This information was adapted from the tz database. Zone names come from that database. The names don't necessarily match any names used in the "real world".

Find the Zone Name for the location of interest.

RegionZone Name
AlmatyAsia/Almaty
AqmolaAsia/Almaty
AqtöbeAsia/Aqtobe
AstanaAsia/Almaty
AtyrauAsia/Oral
BayqonyrAsia/Almaty
East KazakhstanAsia/Almaty
MangghystauAsia/Aqtau
North KazakhstanAsia/Almaty
PavlodarAsia/Almaty
QaraghandyAsia/Almaty
QostanayAsia/Qyzylorda
QyzylordaAsia/Qyzylorda
South KazakhstanAsia/Almaty
West KazakhstanAsia/Oral
ZhambylAsia/Almaty

 

Find the Rule and Standard Time for the given time and date.

Zone NameRuleStandard TimeFinal Date
Asia/AlmatyLocal 1924-05-02 00:00
StandardUTC+51930-06-21 00:00
KazakhUTC+61991-01-01 00:00
StandardUTC+61992-01-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+62005-03-15 00:00
StandardUTC+6Present
Asia/AqtauLocal 1924-05-02 00:00
StandardUTC+41930-06-21 00:00
StandardUTC+51981-10-01 00:00
StandardUTC+61982-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51991-01-01 00:00
StandardUTC+51991-12-16 00:00
KazakhUTC+51995-03-26 02:00
KazakhUTC+42005-03-15 00:00
StandardUTC+5Present
Asia/AqtobeLocal 1924-05-02 00:00
StandardUTC+41930-06-21 00:00
StandardUTC+51981-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51981-10-01 00:00
StandardUTC+61982-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51991-01-01 00:00
StandardUTC+51991-12-16 00:00
KazakhUTC+52005-03-15 00:00
StandardUTC+5Present
Asia/OralLocal 1924-05-02 00:00
StandardUTC+41930-06-21 00:00
StandardUTC+51981-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51981-10-01 00:00
StandardUTC+61982-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51989-03-26 02:00
KazakhUTC+41991-01-01 00:00
StandardUTC+41991-12-16 00:00
KazakhUTC+42005-03-15 00:00
StandardUTC+5Present
Asia/QyzylordaLocal 1924-05-02 00:00
StandardUTC+41930-06-21 00:00
StandardUTC+51981-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51981-10-01 00:00
StandardUTC+61982-04-01 00:00
KazakhUTC+51991-01-01 00:00
StandardUTC+51992-01-19 02:00
KazakhUTC+62005-03-15 00:00
StandardUTC+6Present

 

Apply the Rule, using the Standard Time for the given time and place.

RuleYearsDescription
LocalAllLocal Mean Solar Time
StandardAllStandard Time with no DST
KazakhStandard Time, with DST = Standard Time + 1:00 during the following periods:
1981-1983From April 1 at 00:00 to October 1 at 00:00
1984From April 1 at 00:00 to September 30 at 03:00
1985-1991From the last Sunday in March at 02:00 to the last Sunday in September at 03:00
1992From March 28 at 23:00 to September 26 at 23:00
1993-1995From the last Sunday in March at 02:00 to the last Sunday in September at 03:00
1996-2004From the last Sunday in March at 02:00 to the last Sunday in October at 03:00
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