IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Yekaterinburg

The IANA tz database identifier for Yekaterinburg Standard Time in Russia. 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/Yekaterinburg☾ Night

04:01:07

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

🇷🇺 Russia

ISO 3166: RU · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Yekaterinburg 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/Yekaterinburg',

dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'

}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
11 years.

Asia/Yekaterinburg has kept UTC+05:00 year-round since 26 October 2014 — 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

Keeping this offset since

26 October 2014

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/Yekaterinburg

ISO country codeRU🇷🇺 Russia

Reference coordinates56.85°N, 60.60°Etz database reference point

Standard offsetUTC+05:00abbreviation +05

Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Russia's 26 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Yekaterinburg or Yekaterinburg Standard Time.

🇷🇺

Russia

146M people, 26 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+05:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Asia/AlmatyKazakhstan · East Kazakhstan Time Asia/AqtauKazakhstan · West Kazakhstan Time Asia/AqtobeKazakhstan · West Kazakhstan Time Asia/AshgabatTurkmenistan · Turkmenistan Standard Time Asia/AtyrauKazakhstan · West Kazakhstan Time Asia/DushanbeTajikistan · Tajikistan Time

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/Yekaterinburg?: Asia/Yekaterinburg is UTC+05:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Yekaterinburg observe daylight saving time?: No. Asia/Yekaterinburg has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+05:00 continuously since 26 October 2014.
Which country uses Asia/Yekaterinburg?: Russia. It is one of 26 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Yekaterinburg the same as YST?: Asia/Yekaterinburg is one of the IANA zones that keeps Yekaterinburg Standard Time (YST). Use Asia/Yekaterinburg in software — YST 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/Yekaterinburg

{

"iana": "Asia/Yekaterinburg",

"utc_offset": "+05:00",

"abbreviation": "+05",

"observes_dst": false,

"country": "RU"

}