Time zone · Europe
KST
Krasnoyarsk Standard Time
Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (KST) is used year-round in parts of central Siberia, Russia, including Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk, and does not observe daylight saving time, keeping a steady +07:00 offset throughout the year.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+07:00
Standard · +07
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
2
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About KST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (KST) is used year-round in parts of central Siberia, Russia, including Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk, and does not observe daylight saving time, keeping a steady +07:00 offset throughout the year.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 2 zones that resolve to KST.
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 KST
Local time, city by city.
3 cities
Where KST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+07:00
Other zones at UTC+07:00 right now.
These named zones share KST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
KST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about KST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why doesn’t Krasnoyarsk Standard Time use daylight saving time?
- Russia has not changed its clocks seasonally since 2011 (the current offset dates from October 2014), opting instead to keep a fixed UTC+07:00 year-round for the region.
- What areas follow KST in Russia?
- Cities like Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk follow this time zone, located in central Siberia.
- How did this time zone stay the same for so long?
- Russia abolished seasonal clock changes in 2011. Krasnoyarsk stayed on UTC+08:00 until October 2014, when it moved back one hour to UTC+07:00, where it has stayed since.
- Is KST ever at risk of changing?
- There are no known future transitions for KST, so schedules will likely remain stable as long as time laws stay consistent.
- How many zones are in this time region?
- KST covers two main zones in Russia: Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk.
- Does KST match with other world cities?
- Yes. UTC+07:00 is also used all year by Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Barnaul in Russia, western Mongolia (Hovd), Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and western Indonesia, including Jakarta.
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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