Time in Tajikistan is given by Tajikistan Time (TJT; UTC+05:00). Tajikistan does not currently observe daylight saving time.[1] The IANA identifier for Tajikistan Time is Asia/Dushanbe. Tajikistan observes the same time zone as most of its central Asian neighbors such as, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
IANA time zone database
Data for Tajikistan directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself.
c.c.* | Coordinates* | TZ* | Comments* | UTC offset |
---|---|---|---|---|
TJ | +3835+06848 | Asia/Dushanbe | +05:00 |
History
Historic time zones for Tajikistan (both as an independent country and a Soviet state)[2]
From | To | Zone | DST |
---|---|---|---|
2 May 1924 | 21 June 1930 | UTC+5 | no |
21 June 1930 | 1 April 1981 | UTC+6 | no |
1 April 1981 | 31 March 1991 | UTC+6 | yes |
31 March 1991 | 9 September 1991 | UTC+5 | yes |
9 September 1991 | Present | UTC+5 | no |
References
- ^ http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/tajikistan/dushanbe Time zone in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- ^ "IANA — Time Zone Database".