Time in Ukraine
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{{Time zones of Europe}}
[[File:Tzdiff-Europe-winter.png|right|250px|thumb|This map shows the difference between legal time and local mean time in Europe during the winter. Most of Western Europe and western part of European Russia are significantly ahead of local solar time.
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| 1 h ± 30 m ahead |
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Time in Ukraine, part of the Eastern European Time zone (UTC+02:00), is locally referred to as Kyiv Time ({{langx|uk|Київський час|Kyivskyi chas}}).
On 16 July 2024, the Ukrainian parliament voted to cease observing daylight saving time.{{Cite web |last=Bohdanok |first=Olena |date=2024-07-16 |title=Рада ухвалила закон про відміну переведення часу в Україні з зимового на літній |trans-title=The Rada has passed a law regarding the cancellation of switching from winter to summer time in Ukraine |url= https://suspilne.media/791809-rada-uhvalila-zakon-pro-vidminu-perevedenna-casu-v-ukraini-z-zimovogo-na-litnij/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Suspilne}} The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, however, did not plan to sign it.{{Cite web |date=24 October 2024|title=Переведення годинників. Зеленський не планує підписувати закон, який його скасовує |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/cx2l870v1rgo |website=BBC}}
Geographical description
The territory of Ukraine in Europe stretches 17°57' along a longitude or about 1.2 hours. Almost 95% of its territory is located in the Eastern European Time Zone with exceptions of its western and eastern extremities. Small portion of Zakarpattia Oblast is located in the Central European Time Zone, while Luhansk Oblast, most of Donetsk Oblast, and part of Kharkiv Oblast are geographically located in the Further-eastern European Time Zone. However, the whole country officially observes Eastern European Time.
- Eastern extremity: village of Chervona Zirka (Velykotsk council), Milove Raion, Luhansk Oblast - 40°11′53″ (eastern longitude)
- Western extremity: village of Solomonovo, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast - 22°09′50″ (eastern longitude)
- Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctic is located in the Atlantic Time Zone (UTC-04:00).
History
Daylight saving time in Ukraine was introduced in the early 1980s. On 20 September 2011, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) canceled the return from Eastern European Summer Time to Eastern European Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/113166/|title=Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=20 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921061808/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/113166/|archive-date=21 September 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_ukraine04.html|title=Deputies cancelled the winter time|website=WorldTimeZone.com|date=20 September 2011}} On 18 October 2011, the Parliament abolished these plans.{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/115146/|title=Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated)|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=18 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018151743/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/115146/|archive-date=18 October 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/115182/|title=Ukraine cancels plan to drop winter time change|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=18 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018180640/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/115182/|archive-date=18 October 2011|url-status=live}} On 16 July 2024, Ukraine canceled the switch from Eastern European Time to Eastern European Summer Time. On 29 March 2014, after annexation by Russia, Crimea switched from Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) to Moscow Time (UTC+04:00 then, subsequently changed to UTC+03:00).{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} On 26 October 2014, the self-proclaimed proto-states of Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic also switched to Moscow Time.{{cite news|url=http://tass.ru/en/world/756540|title=DPR and LPR switch over to Moscow time|publisher=ITAR-TASS|date=26 October 2014|access-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213347/http://tass.ru/en/world/756540|archive-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead}}
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database contains four zones for Ukraine in the file zone.tab:[https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2022b/europe Europe] (2022b edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- Europe/Kyiv – most locations
- Europe/Uzhgorod – Ruthenia (because it used Central European Time in 1990/1991)
- Europe/Zaporozhye – Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk Oblast
- Europe/Simferopol – central Crimea
See also
References
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External links
- [https://24timezones.com/current_local/ukraine_time.php Ukraine Time and DST];
- [http://timenow.in.ua/en/ Current time in Ukraine];
- [http://zakon3.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/509-96-%D0%BF Declaration of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine about the order of calculating time on the territory of Ukraine], — Official document #509/96. May 13, 1996;
- [https://worldinfotravel.com/country-ukraine-time/ Ukraine timezone EET and EEST].
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