IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Almaty

The IANA tz database identifier for East Kazakhstan Time in Kazakhstan. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+05:00Abbreviation +05No DST — never observed
Time in Asia/Almaty☾ Night
03:57:21
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+05:00
Abbreviation
+05
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+05:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+05

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

ISO 3166: KZ · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Almaty is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing +05 or +05:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Asia/Almaty',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
2 years.

Asia/Almaty has kept UTC+05:00 year-round since 29 February 2024 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+05:07:48UTC+05:00 · UNCHANGED 29 February 2024 NOW

Keeping this offset since

29 February 2024

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 5h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Almaty
ISO country codeKZ🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Reference coordinates43.25°N, 76.95°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+05:00abbreviation +05
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Kazakhstan's 7 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Almaty or East Kazakhstan Time.

🇰🇿
Kazakhstan

20M people, 7 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →
🇰🇿 Almaty
03:57
03:57:21 · +05
pop. 2.2MEKT
🇰🇿 Shymkent
03:57
03:57:21 · +05
pop. 1.2MEKT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · East Kazakhstan Time

other identifiers keeping EKT

Same offset · UTC+05:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Asia/Almaty?
Asia/Almaty is UTC+05:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Almaty observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Almaty has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+05:00 continuously since 29 February 2024.
Which country uses Asia/Almaty?
Kazakhstan. It is one of 7 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Almaty the same as EKT?
Asia/Almaty is one of the IANA zones that keeps East Kazakhstan Time (EKT). Use Asia/Almaty in software — EKT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Asia/Almaty
{
"iana": "Asia/Almaty",
"utc_offset": "+05:00",
"abbreviation": "+05",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "KZ"
}