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Timezone Insight

The timezone in Moscow is Europe/Moscow (GMT+3).

Its current offset is GMT+03:00 (GMT+3).

What is the Timezone of Moscow?

Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Europe/Moscow timezone used by Moscow, Russia.

IANA Name
Europe/Moscow
Current Offset
GMT+03:00
Standard time
Country
Russia
Europe region
Abbreviation
GMT+3
55.76°, 37.62°

IANA Timezone Data

RegionRussia
Database NameEurope/Moscow
Standard AbbreviationGMT+3
UTC OffsetGMT+03:00
DST StatusInactive
Coordinates55.7558°, 37.6173°

How to convert from Europe/Moscow to UTC

Converting a time from Europe/Moscow to UTC is straightforward:

UTC = Moscow time − 3 hours

For example, if it is 12:00 in Moscow, it is 09:00 UTC.

To convert the other way (UTC to Moscow), add +3 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.

About the Europe/Moscow timezone

Europe/Moscow is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Moscow, Russia. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.

IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.

Related time zones in the Europe region

  • Europe/London
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/Athens

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