Kyrgyzstan Time

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Kyrgyzstan Time (KGT)is the time zone of Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is +6:00 hrs ahead of Universal Time Coordinated (UTC+6). Kyrgyzstan does not observe Daylight saving time.

IANA time zone database

Data for Kyrgyzstan directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself.

c.c.* Coordinates* TZ* Comments* UTC offset
KG +4254+07436 Asia/Bishkek +06:00

History

Historic time zones for Kyrgyzstan (both as a country and a Soviet state)[2]

From To Zone DST
1924 May 2 1930 Jun 21 UTC+5 no
1930 Jun 21 1981 Apr 1 UTC+6 no
1981 Apr 1 1991 Mar 31 UTC+6 yes
1991 Mar 31 2005 Aug 12 UTC+5 yes
2005 Aug 12 still UTC+6 no

From 1924 to 1992 Kyrgyzstan always had Moscow Time + 3 hours.

References

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  2. https://www.iana.org/time-zones