IANA tz database · zone identifier

Europe/Minsk

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

UTC+03:00Abbreviation +03No DST — never observed
Time in Europe/Minsk☾ Night
01:59:12
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+03:00
Abbreviation
+03
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+03:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+03

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇧🇾 Belarus

ISO 3166: BY · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Europe/Minsk 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 +03 or +03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
15 years.

Europe/Minsk has kept UTC+03:00 year-round since 27 March 2011 — 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

+01:50:16UTC+03:00 · UNCHANGED 27 March 2011 NOW

Keeping this offset since

27 March 2011

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 3h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierEurope/Minsk
ISO country codeBY🇧🇾 Belarus
Reference coordinates53.90°N, 27.57°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation +03
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Belarus, one clock.

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

🇧🇾
Belarus

9.1M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Europe/Minsk.

Country page →
🇧🇾 Minsk
01:59
01:59:12 · +03
pop. 2MMST
🇧🇾 Homyel'
01:59
01:59:12 · +03
pop. 500KMST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Moscow Standard Time

other identifiers keeping MST

Same offset · UTC+03:00

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 Europe/Minsk?
Europe/Minsk is UTC+03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Europe/Minsk observe daylight saving time?
No. Europe/Minsk has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+03:00 continuously since 27 March 2011.
Which country uses Europe/Minsk?
Belarus. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Europe/Minsk the same as MST?
Europe/Minsk is one of the IANA zones that keeps Moscow Standard Time (MST). Use Europe/Minsk in software — MST 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=Europe/Minsk
{
"iana": "Europe/Minsk",
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "+03",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "BY"
}