Time zone · Europe
BARNAU
Barnaul Time
Barnaul Time covers Barnaul and the surrounding region of southern Siberia, where the clocks sit at UTC+07:00 all year — no daylight saving shifts to worry about.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+07:00
Standard · +07
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About BARNAU
A fixed, year-round offset.
Barnaul Time covers Barnaul and the surrounding region of southern Siberia, where the clocks sit at UTC+07:00 all year — no daylight saving shifts to worry about.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to BARNAU.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across BARNAU
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where BARNAU is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+07:00
Other zones at UTC+07:00 right now.
These named zones share BARNAU's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about BARNAU, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Is Barnaul Time the same all year?
- Yes. Barnaul has not used daylight saving time since 2011, and it has stayed on UTC+07:00 all year since 27 March 2016.
- What time zone is Barnaul in?
- Barnaul uses Barnaul Time, which is UTC+07:00 all year.
- When did Barnaul stop changing its clocks for summer?
- Barnaul last moved its clocks forward for summer on 27 March 2011, when Russia ended seasonal clock changes. Its most recent change, on 27 March 2016, was a permanent move from UTC+06:00 to UTC+07:00.
- Is Barnaul Time the same as Novosibirsk Time?
- Yes — both use UTC+07:00 without DST, although they have differed by an hour at times, most recently for a few months in 2016.
- Is Barnaul Time the same as Moscow Time?
- No. Barnaul runs four hours ahead of Moscow, which uses UTC+03:00.
- What does the +07 abbreviation mean?
- It means seven hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Barnaul has no widely used letter abbreviation, so the numeric offset is used instead.
- Is Barnaul in the Altai Krai region?
- Yes. Barnaul is the capital of Altai Krai, and Barnaul Time covers both Altai Krai and the neighbouring Altai Republic, in southern Siberia near the borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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