Time in Sakha

Sakha Republic is the only federal subject of Russia which uses more than one time zone. Sakha spans three time zones.

Map	Name	Abbr.	UTC offset zone	Comment
	Yakutsk Time	YAKT	UTC+09:00	Covers the republic's territory to the west of the Lena River as well as the territories of the districts located on both sides of the Lena River.
	Vladivostok Time	VLAT	UTC+10:00	Covers most of the republic's territory located between 127°E and 140°E longitude. Districts: Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky, Verkhoyansky.[1]
	Magadan Time	SRET	UTC+11:00	Covers most of the republic's territory located east of 140°E longitude. Districts: Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky, Verkhnekolymsky.

Detailed map of the three time zones in the Sakha Republic (as of March 2010).

Detailed map of the three time zones in the Sakha Republic (as of September 2011).

History

The decree No. 725[2] (31 August 2011) changed UTC offset for Moscow Time and the other time zones.

Some districts of the Sakha Republic switched from Magadan Time (Zone 9) to Vladivostok Time (Zone 8):

• Oymyakonsky District

Some districts of the Sakha Republic switched from Vladivostok Time (Zone 8) to Yakutsk Time (Zone 7):

• New Siberian Islands
• Tomponsky District
• Ust-Maysky District

IANA time zone database

C.c.	Coord.	Zone name	IANA desc.	UTC zone	Districts
RU	+623923+1353314	Asia/Khandyga	MSK+06 - Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky	UTC+09:00	Tomponsky, Ust-Maysky
RU	+6728+15343	Asia/Srednekolymsk	MSK+08 - Sakha (E); North Kuril Is	UTC+11:00
RU	+643337+1431336	Asia/Ust-Nera	MSK+07 - Oymyakonsky	UTC+10:00	Oymyakonsky
RU	+6200+12940	Asia/Yakutsk	MSK+06 - Lena River	UTC+09:00
RU		Asia/Vladivostok	MSK+07 - ...	UTC+10:00	Ust-Yansky, Verkhoyansky

External links

• http://efele.net/maps/tz/russia/ map showing IANA zones for Russia - five zones for Sakha

References

1. New Russian Time Zones as of August 31, 2011 according to Decree 725 of the Government of the Russian Federation, World Time Zone, August 31, 2011.
2. Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации № 725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации».