UTC+04:00

Short description: Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +4

UTC+04:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC+04:00
Current time
13:07, 4 December 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
  • Southern Federal District
    • Astrakhan Oblast
  • Volga Federal District
    • Samara Oblast
    • Saratov Oblast
    • Udmurtia
    • Ulyanovsk Oblast

South Caucasus

• Armenia – Armenia Time (used DST in 1981–2012)
  • Including Artsakh
• 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, 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
    • Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
      • Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island
  • Réunion
• Mauritius – Mauritius Time
  • Mauritius tried DST in 2008 but decided not to continue
• 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
  • Western parts, including Karachi
• 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