Time in Ukraine

The territory of Ukraine in Europe stretches 17°57' along a longitude or about 1.2 hours. Almost 95% of its territory is located in the Eastern European Time Zone with exceptions of its western and eastern extremities. Small portion of Zakarpattia Oblast is located in the Central European Time Zone, while Luhansk Oblast, most of Donetsk Oblast, and part of Kharkiv Oblast are geographically located in the Further-eastern European Time Zone. However, the whole country officially observes Eastern European Time. • Eastern extremity: village of Chervona Zirka (Velykotsk council), Milove Raion, Luhansk Oblast - 40°11′53″ (eastern longitude) • Western extremity: village of Solomonovo, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast - 22°09′50″ (eastern longitude) • Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctic is located in the Atlantic Time Zone (UTC-04:00). ==History==

Daylight saving time in Ukraine was introduced in the early 1980s. On 18 October 2011, the Parliament abolished these plans. On 16 July 2024, Ukraine canceled the switch from Eastern European Time to Eastern European Summer Time. ==IANA time zone database==

The IANA time zone database contains four zones for Ukraine in the file zone.tab: • Europe/Kyiv – most locations • Europe/Uzhgorod – Ruthenia (because it used Central European Time in 1990/1991) • Europe/Zaporozhye – Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk Oblast • Europe/Simferopol – central Crimea ==See also==