IANA tz database · zone identifier

Europe/Kaliningrad

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

UTC+02:00Abbreviation EETNo daylight saving
Time in Europe/Kaliningrad☀ Daylight
16:08:52
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+02:00
Abbreviation
EET
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+02:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

EET

used year-round

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇷🇺 Russia

ISO 3166: RU · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Europe/Kaliningrad 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 EET or +02:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
11 years.

Europe/Kaliningrad has kept UTC+02:00 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

+01:22:00UTC+02:00 · UNCHANGED 26 October 2014 NOW

Keeping this offset since

26 October 2014

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 2h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026e

IdentifierEurope/Kaliningrad
ISO country codeRU🇷🇺 Russia
Reference coordinates54.72°N, 20.50°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation EET
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026edata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Russia's 26 zones.

🇷🇺
Russia

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

Country page →

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Eastern European Standard Time

other identifiers keeping EET

Same offset · UTC+02:00

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/Kaliningrad?
Europe/Kaliningrad is UTC+02:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Europe/Kaliningrad observe daylight saving time?
No. Europe/Kaliningrad stays on UTC+02:00 all year, as it has since 26 October 2014.
Which country uses Europe/Kaliningrad?
Russia. It is one of 26 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Europe/Kaliningrad the same as EET?
Europe/Kaliningrad is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET). Use Europe/Kaliningrad in software — EET 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/Europe/Kaliningrad
{
"data": {
"iana": "Europe/Kaliningrad",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "RU", "name": "Russia" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+02:00",
"abbreviation": "EET",
…
},
…
}
}