Magadan Time or MAGT, is a time zone

Time zone

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 in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, named after Magadan

Magadan

Magadan is a port town on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of town in 1939...

, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....

. It is twelve hours ahead of UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

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 (UTC+12

UTC+12

UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a +12 hour time offset from UTC. This time is used in:-As standard time :*Kiribati**Gilbert Islands and Banaba*Marshall Islands*Nauru*Russia**Chukotka Autonomous Okrug**Kamchatka Krai**Kuril Islands...

) and eight hours ahead of Moscow Time

Moscow Time

Moscow Time is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the nine time zones of Russia. Moscow Time has been UTC+4 year-round since 27 March 2011....

 (MSK+8).

On March 28, 2010, the two federal subjects of Russia

Federal subjects of Russia

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 using Kamchatka Time

Kamchatka Time

Kamchatka Time or PETT, was a time zone in Russia, named after the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is 12 hours ahead of UTC and 9 hours ahead of Moscow Time...

—Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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—moved one hour backwards to Magadan Time, which made Kamchatka Time unused.

On March 27, 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time

Daylight saving time

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. Instead of switching between UTC+11

UTC+11

UTC+11 is an identifier for a +11 hour time offset from UTC. This time is used in:-As standard time :*Federated States of Micronesia**Kosrae, Pohnpei and surrounding area*New Caledonia*Solomon Islands*Vanuatu*Russia...

 in winter and UTC+12 in summer, Magadan Time became fixed at UTC+12.

Areas on Magadan Time

• Magadan Oblast
  Magadan Oblast
  Magadan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
  
  
• The Kuril Islands
  Kuril Islands
  The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...
  
   of Sakhalin Oblast
  Sakhalin Oblast
  Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.The oblast has an area of 87,100 km² and a population of 546,695...
  
  
• Eastern parts of the Sakha Republic
• Kamchatka Krai
• Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...