Krasnoyarsk Time ( KRAT ) is the time zone seven hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+07:00 ) and 4 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+4). KRAT is the official time zone for central and east Siberian regions of Krasnoyarsk Krai , Kemerovo Oblast , Khakassia and Tuva .

Novosibirsk Oblast used this time zone until 1993, when it was known as Novosibirsk Time (NOVT/NOVST). The Russian government renamed the time zone shortly after Novosibirsk opted for another time zone instead.

Between 27 March 2011 and 25 October 2014, Krasnoyarsk Time was fixed at UTC+08:00 . ^[1]

In 2016, the Altai Republic , ^[2] Altai Krai , Novosibirsk Oblast , ^[3] and Tomsk Oblast , ^[4] switched to Krasnoyarsk Time from Omsk Time .

IANA time zone database [ edit ]

The IANA time zone database identifier is Asia/Krasnoyarsk.

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