Time zone · Europe
SST
Samara Standard Time
Samara Standard Time (SST) is a year-round UTC+04:00 zone used in Russia’s Samara region, with no daylight saving changes—so the clock stays the same all year, making scheduling simple for local life and cross-border work.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+04:00
Standard · +04
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About SST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Samara Standard Time (SST) is a year-round UTC+04:00 zone used in Russia’s Samara region, with no daylight saving changes—so the clock stays the same all year, making scheduling simple for local life and cross-border work.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to SST.
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 SST
Local time, city by city.
3 cities
Where SST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+04:00
Other zones at UTC+04:00 right now.
These named zones share SST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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SST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about SST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why doesn’t this region use daylight saving time?
- Russia has moved several times between permanent standard time, summer time, and back to fixed offsets; Samara settled on a fixed UTC+04:00, so clocks no longer shift forward or backward.
- Is Samara Standard Time used in other regions of Russia?
- Yes. Samara Standard Time (UTC+04:00) is used in Samara Oblast and Udmurtia. Astrakhan, Saratov and Ulyanovsk oblasts also use UTC+04:00, but timezone.io lists them under their own time zones.
- What countries are in this timezone region?
- Russia is the only country that uses Samara Standard Time.
- Is Samara Standard Time the same as Moscow Time?
- No. Moscow Time is UTC+03:00, while Samara Standard Time is UTC+04:00—so Samara is one hour ahead of Moscow all year and does not change for DST, unlike some past Russian daylight saving rules.
- When did this zone move to a fixed offset?
- Samara's steady UTC+04:00 offset has been in effect since March 27, 2011 (local time), when Russia opted for a fixed time instead of seasonal clock changes.
- Does this clock match the actual solar noon exactly?
- Clock time and solar noon rarely line up perfectly. Samara city lies at about 50°E, where solar time is roughly UTC+03:20, so clocks at UTC+04:00 run about 40 minutes ahead of the sun and solar noon falls around 12:40, varying with location and season.
- Are there recent Daylight Saving changes planned?
- No. Samara has no daylight saving time and stays on UTC+04:00 all year.
- How can I track any future changes?
- Samara has no scheduled clock changes. If Russia ever changes the offset, the new time will show on this page once the change is official.
- How many zones make up this region?
- One: the Samara zone in Russia.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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This time zone, as JSON.
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