{{Short description|Time zone in Russia (UTC+4)}} {{Infobox time zone | initials = SAMT | offset = +04:00 | dst use = none }} {{Time zones of Russia}}
'''Samara Time''' ('''SAMT''') is the time zone four hours ahead of UTC (UTC+4) and 1 hour ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+1). Samara Time is used in Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast.
== History == Until a reform on 28 March 2010, Samara Time was UTC+4 in winter and Samara Summer Time (SAMST) was UTC+5 in summer. From that date, Samara Time was abolished with the two regions effectively joining Moscow Summer Time.<ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/udmuria-shasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2010 г. N 166 г. Москва "О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса"] {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2010/03/22/samara-chasy-dok.html Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 170 г. Москва "О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса"] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> In March 2011, Moscow time was moved forward to UTC+04:00 year-round, and Samara Time was reinstated on 26 October 2014, when Moscow time moved back one hour to UTC+03:00 year-round and Samara Oblast and Udmurtia remained on UTC+04:00.
On 27 March 2016, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast switched to Samara Time by moving the clock 1 hour forwards from Moscow time.<ref>[http://rg.ru/2016/02/17/vremya-dok.html Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 15 февраля 2016 г. N 27-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени"]{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>[http://rg.ru/2016/03/11/vremya-dok.html Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 9 марта 2016 г. N 69-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени"]{{in lang|ru}}</ref> On 4 December 2016, Saratov Oblast also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-saratov-time-zone.html Proposed Time Change in Saratov, Russia], Timeanddate.com, 14 November 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.vzsar.ru/news/2016/11/22/vladimir-pytin-podpisal-zakon-o-perevode-chasov-v-saratovskoi-oblasti.html Vladimir Putin signed law on time change in Saratov Oblast], Vzglyad-info, 22 November 2016. {{in lang|ru}}</ref> On 28 October 2018, Volgograd Oblast also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time,<ref>[https://rg.ru/2018/10/15/fz-368-dok.html Федеральный закон от 11 октября 2018 г. N 368-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени"]{{in lang|ru}}</ref> but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-volgograd-time-zone-2020.html New Time Zone in Russia's Volgograd Region], Timeanddate.com, 17 December 2020.</ref><ref>[http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202012220002?index=0 Federal law of 22 December 2020 no. 432-FZ "On amendments to article 5 of federal law 'On the calculation of time'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209073635/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202012220002?index=0 |date=9 December 2021 }}, Official internet portal of legal information of Russia. {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
== IANA time zone database == In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database, the zones with the same current offset are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" {{Time zone/database header|dst=no}} |- | {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6|Europe/Astrakhan|same dst=merge}} |- | {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6|Europe/Saratov|same dst=merge}} |- | {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6|Europe/Ulyanovsk|same dst=merge}} |- | {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6|Europe/Samara|same dst=merge}} |}
== References == <references/> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
Category:Time zones Category:Time in Russia