Time zone · Asia
KZT
Kazakhstan Time
Kazakhstan Time is UTC+05:00 all year and covers the whole country, from Aqtau and Atyrau on the Caspian Sea to Almaty and the capital, Astana. Kazakhstan has had a single time zone since 1 March 2024, when Almaty, Astana, Qostanay and the rest of the east moved their clocks back an hour from UTC+06:00 to join the west. The country has not used daylight saving time since 2004.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+05:00
Standard · +05
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
7
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About KZT
A fixed, year-round offset.
Kazakhstan Time is UTC+05:00 all year and covers the whole country, from Aqtau and Atyrau on the Caspian Sea to Almaty and the capital, Astana. Kazakhstan has had a single time zone since 1 March 2024, when Almaty, Astana, Qostanay and the rest of the east moved their clocks back an hour from UTC+06:00 to join the west. The country has not used daylight saving time since 2004.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 7 zones that resolve to KZT.
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 KZT
Local time, city by city.
4 cities
Where KZT is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+05:00
Other zones at UTC+05:00 right now.
These named zones share KZT's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
KZT to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about KZT, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Does all of Kazakhstan use the same time?
- Yes. Since 1 March 2024 the whole country is on UTC+05:00. Before that, Almaty, Astana and the rest of the east were on UTC+06:00, an hour ahead of the west.
- Does Kazakhstan observe daylight saving time?
- No. Kazakhstan has not changed its clocks for summer since 2004, so the offset is UTC+05:00 all year.
- What time zone does Astana use?
- Astana is on Kazakhstan Time, UTC+05:00, the same as Almaty and every other city in the country.
- Which cities use Kazakhstan Time?
- All of Kazakhstan, including Almaty, Astana, Shymkent, Qaraghandy, Aqtobe, Atyrau, Aqtau, Oral, Qostanay and Qyzylorda.
- When did Kazakhstan last change its time zones?
- On 1 March 2024, when the eastern regions moved from UTC+06:00 to UTC+05:00. Qyzylorda had already made the same move on 21 December 2018.
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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