Further-eastern European Time
| light blue | Western European Time (UTC+0) |
| blue | Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00) |
| pink | Central European Time (UTC+01:00) |
| brown | Central European Time (UTC+01:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) |
| yellow | Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) |
| orange | Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00) |
| light green | Moscow Time (UTC+04:00) |
Further-eastern European Time (FET) (Kaliningrad Time in Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia, Minsk Time in Belarus) is since September 2011 defined as three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00). It was established as the official time for the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast and then followed by Belarus.
History
Until 2011, Further-eastern European Time was identical to Eastern European Time (UTC+2; UTC+3 with daylight saving time). However, on 27 March 2011, Russia moved to the so-called "year-round daylight saving time",[1] so that clocks would remain on what had been the summer time all year round, making Kaliningrad Time permanently set to UTC+3, peculiarly placing its time ahead of countries to its east during winter. Belarus followed Russia on 15 September 2011,[2] and the same decisions was made by the Ukrainian parliament on 20 September 2011.[3] After strong criticism from the mass media, on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision.[4] Transnistria, a breakaway territory from Moldova on the Dniester river bordering Ukraine, followed Ukraine by at first adopting Further-eastern European Time[5] but later cancelling this decision.[6]
The name "Further-eastern European Time" seems to have come from work on the tz database.[7][8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Russia Time Change
- ^ Eternal Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Belarus
- ^ Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time, Kyiv Post (September 20, 2011)
- ^ "Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated)". Kyiv Post. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ Transnistria stays on Daylight Saving Time
- ^ Transnistria's clocks move back October 30, 2011
- ^ Tim Parenti and Paul Eggert (Sep 20, 2011). "Ukraine adopts UTC+3 year-round". Retrieved 1 Dec 2011.
- ^ Alexander Bokovoy, employed at Red Hat Software (Sep 21, 2011). "Дальневосточное Европейское время" (in Russian). Retrieved 16 Oct 2011.
- ^ Edwin Groothuis, at freebsd.org (27 Sep 2011). "cvs commit: ports/misc/zoneinfo Makefile distinfo". Retrieved 16 Oct 2011.