Time zone · Europe
MSK
Kirov Time
Kirov Time (MSK) keeps things simple—UTC+03:00 year-round, with no daylight saving shifts, so your schedule stays steady day after day.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Standard · MSK
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About MSK
A fixed, year-round offset.
Kirov Time (MSK) keeps things simple—UTC+03:00 year-round, with no daylight saving shifts, so your schedule stays steady day after day.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to MSK.
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 MSK
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where MSK is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+03:00
Other zones at UTC+03:00 right now.
These named zones share MSK's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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MSK to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about MSK, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Does Kirov Time observe daylight saving time?
- No, Kirov Time does not observe daylight saving time, keeping the clocks steady at UTC+03:00 throughout the year.
- How many time zones are part of the Kirov Time region?
- Just one: the Kirov zone in Russia.
- Has Kirov ever changed its time zone or offset historically?
- Yes—Kirov adopted the current UTC+03:00 offset on October 26, 2014, when Russia restructured several regional offsets.
- Are there other Russian regions using MSK?
- The abbreviation MSK is widely used for Moscow Standard Time across Russia, but the Kirov Time code specifically represents only the Kirov zone, which matches the same UTC+03:00 offset.
- How does Kirov Time compare with neighboring regions?
- Most neighboring regions, such as Komi, Nizhny Novgorod and Tatarstan, are also on UTC+03:00, but Udmurtia to the east uses UTC+04:00 and Perm Krai UTC+05:00.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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