UTC+04:00

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Short description: Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +4
UTC+04:00
Time zone
Timezones2008 UTC+4 gray.png
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTCUTC+04:00
Current time
01:48, 20 July 2024 UTC+04:00 [refresh]
Central meridian
60 degrees E
Date-time group
D
UTC+04:00 – 2010: yellow (year-round), blue (DST Northern Hemisphere), light blue (sea areas)

UTC+04:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +04:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+04:00. This time is used in:

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Samara, Muscat, Port Louis, Victoria, Saint-Denis, Stepanakert

Europe

Eastern Europe

  • Russia – Samara Time[1][2][3]
    • Southern Federal District
      • Astrakhan Oblast
    • Volga Federal District
      • Samara Oblast
      • Saratov Oblast
      • Udmurtia
      • Ulyanovsk Oblast
South Caucasus
  • Armenia – Armenia Time[4] (used DST in 1981–2012)
  • Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Time (used DST in 1981–2016)
  • Georgia – Georgia Time
    • Except Abkhazia and South Ossetia
      • Georgia moved from zone UTC+04:00 to 00 on June 27, 2004,[5] then back to UTC+04:00 on March 27, 2005.

Asia

Middle East

  • Oman – Time in Oman
  • United Arab Emirates – United Arab Emirates Standard Time

Africa

  • France
    • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
      • Crozet Islands[6][7]
      • Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
        • Glorioso Islands[8] and Tromelin Island[9]
    • Réunion[10]
  • Mauritius – Mauritius Time
    • Mauritius tried DST in 2008 but decided not to continue[11]
  • Seychelles – Seychelles Time

Discrepancies between official UTC+04:00 and geographical UTC+04:00

Areas in UTC+04:00 longitudes using other time zones

Using 00:

  • Yemen
    • Socotra, the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago
    • The easternmost part of Al-Mahrah
  • Saudi Arabia
    • The easternmost part of Syarqiyah
  • Russia
    • Most of Franz Josef Land, Yuzhny Island, and most of Severny Island (with an exception of the very east)
    • Some parts of the Russian mainland (Komi Republic, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, east of Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan)

Using 30:

  • Most parts of Iran

Using 30:

  • Western parts of Afghanistan

Using 00:

  • Turkmenistan
  • Kazakhstan
    • Aktobe
    • Kyzylorda
    • Parts of Mangystau, Atyrau, and West Kazakhstan
  • Uzbekistan
    • Most parts of the country, including Samarkand
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
    • Bashkortostan, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, most parts of the Ural Federal District

Using 00:

  • Kazakhstan
    • Kostanay
    • A smaller parts of Turkistan
    • Western parts of Karaganda, Akmola, and North Kazakhstan

Areas outside UTC+04:00 longitudes using UTC+04:00 time

Areas between 37°30' E and 52°30' E ("physical" UTC+03:00)

  • Caucasus region:
    • Georgia, excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia
    • Armenia and Artsakh
    • Azerbaijan
  • Russia, with parts of its territories:
    • Astrakhan, Samara, Saratov and Ulyanovsk (with an exception of the very east)
    • Western half of Udmurtia
  • United Arab Emirates
    • The westernmost region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
  • Seychelles
    • Aldabra Group
      • Cosmoledo Atoll
    • Farquhar Group
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
    • Crozet Islands

References