What is Moscow Time?
[[File:Map of Russia - Time Zones (2016).svg|thumb|300px|Time zones of Russia: Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) in red.]] {{Time zones of Europe}} '''Moscow Time''' is [[UTC+03:00]], the same time as [[Eastern European Summer Time]], [[East Africa Time]], and [[Arabia Standard Time]]. On 28 March 2010, Moscow Time became the [[time zone]] for the [[Samara Oblast]] in Russia, leaving [[Samara Time]] ([[UTC+04:00]]) unused. On 8 February 2011, the Russian government announced the abandonment of [[daylight saving time]] (DST) in all time zones across Russia. Moscovians set their clocks forward on 27 March 2011, and then UTC+04:00 became its [[standard time]] permanently. In July 2014, the [[law]] to observe summer time year round was abandoned, and the clock has been set to UTC+3 starting from 26 October 2014.<ref name=mskAbolished>{{cite news |url=http://en.ria.ru/russia/20141026/194606015/Russia-Turns-Clocks-Back-to-Winter-Time.html |date=26 October 2014 |title=Russia Turns Clocks Back to 'Winter' Time |newspaper=RIA Novosti |access-date=27 October 2014 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} The time zone database is [[Europe/Moscow]]. [[Category:Time zones]] [[Category:Moscow]] {{europe-stub}}