2014 Russian time zone reform

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The 2014 Russian time zone reform was a nationwide adjustment of Russia’s timekeeping system that changed the number, boundaries, and UTC offsets of its time zones, including the abolition of permanent daylight saving time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Russia
law of Russia
time zone reform
abolishedPractice permanent daylight saving time
affectedAdministrativeUnits federal subjects of Russia
affectedRegion European Russia
Russian Far East
Siberia
appliesTo civil timekeeping in Russia
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Federation
approvedBy Federation Council of Russia
changedNumberOfTimeZones from 9 to 11
changedUTCOffsetOf Moscow Time
chronology occurs after 2011 Russian time zone reform
occurs before later local time zone adjustments in some regions
country Russia
effectiveDate 2014-10-26
excludedPractice seasonal daylight saving time shifts
follows abolition of seasonal daylight saving time in 2011
hasConsequence alignment of Russian time closer to solar time in many regions
no seasonal clock changes in Russia after 2014
implementsPolicy permanent standard time in Russia
introducedPractice permanent standard time
languageOfDocument Russian
legalStatus in force
legislatedBy State Duma of Russia
legislativeAct Federal Law No. 248-ФЗ
mainSubject daylight saving time
time zones
MoscowTimeOffsetAfterReform UTC+3
MoscowTimeOffsetBeforeReform UTC+4
motivatedBy health and social concerns about late sunrises
public dissatisfaction with 2011 time change
partOf Russian timekeeping policy
pointInTime 2014
purpose adjust Russia’s timekeeping system
regulates official time in Russia
replaces 2011 Russian time zone reform
restoredTimeZones some previously abolished Russian time zones
result abolition of permanent daylight saving time in Russia
change in UTC offsets of Russian time zones
change in boundaries of Russian time zones
change in number of Russian time zones
scope entire territory of the Russian Federation
signedBy President of Russia
timeChangeMoment 2014-10-26 02:00 local time
typeOfChange nationwide adjustment of time zones

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
2014 Russian time zone reform ("Russian timekeeping policy")
partOf
Yakutsk Time
wasAffectedBy

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