IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Aqtau

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

UTC+05:00Abbreviation +05No daylight saving
Time in Asia/Aqtau☾ Night
04:01:08
Thursday, October 15, 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

None

one offset all year

Country

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

ISO 3166: KZ · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Aqtau 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/Aqtau',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
21 years.

Asia/Aqtau has kept UTC+05:00 year-round since 31 October 2004 — 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

+03:21:04UTC+05:00 · UNCHANGED 31 October 2004 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 October 2004

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 · release 2026d

IdentifierAsia/Aqtau
ISO country codeKZ🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Reference coordinates44.52°N, 50.27°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+05:00abbreviation +05
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Kazakhstan's 7 zones.

🇰🇿
Kazakhstan

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

Country page →

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Kazakhstan Time

other identifiers keeping KZT

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/Aqtau?
Asia/Aqtau is UTC+05:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Aqtau observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Aqtau stays on UTC+05:00 all year, as it has since 31 October 2004.
Which country uses Asia/Aqtau?
Kazakhstan. It is one of 7 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Aqtau the same as KZT?
Asia/Aqtau is one of the IANA zones that keeps Kazakhstan Time (KZT). Use Asia/Aqtau in software — KZT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Asia/Aqtau
{
"data": {
"iana": "Asia/Aqtau",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "KZ", "name": "Kazakhstan" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+05:00",
"abbreviation": "+05",
…
},
…
}
}