Editing Moscow Time (section)

== Usage ==
Most of the European part of Russia (west of the [[Ural Mountains]]) uses Moscow Time. [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] uses [[Kaliningrad Time]] (UTC+02:00). [[Samara Oblast]] and [[Udmurtia]] use [[Samara time]] (UTC+04:00) and [[Perm Krai]], [[Bashkortostan]] and [[Orenburg Oblast]] use [[Yekaterinburg time]] (UTC+05:00). Since 2014, Moscow Time has been observed in [[Crimea]] after it was [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed]] and in [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine]], including after their [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|declared annexation]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://tass.ru/en/world/756540|title=DPR and LPR switch over to Moscow time|publisher=Tass - Russian News Agency|date=26 October 2014|access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>

=== Past usage ===
Moscow Time was also formerly used in European parts of the then-USSR:

* [[Estonia]], in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989
* [[Latvia]], in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989
* [[Lithuania]], in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989
* [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] (Russia), in 1946–1989
* [[Moldova]], in 1944-1990
* [[Ukraine]], in 1930–1941 and 1943-1990 
* [[Samara Oblast]] (Russia), in 1989–1991 and again from 2010–2011
* [[Belarus]], in 1930–1941, 1944-1991 and again from 2014
* [[Crimea]], in 1930–1941, 1944-1990, 1994-1997 and again from 2014

Moscow Summer Time (UTC+04:00) was first applied in 1981 and was used:
* until 1989 in Estonia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Latvia and Lithuania
* until 1990 in Moldova and Ukraine
* until 1991 in Belarus
* between 1989 and 1991 and in 2010 in Samara Oblast.

In 1922–1930 and 1991–1992, Moscow observed Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time (UTC+03:00) was observed in the summer of 1991, and the city and region reverted to UTC+03:00 by the summer of 1992.

The time in Moscow has been as follows (the following list of DST usage may not be accurate):<ref>[https://www.iana.org/time-zones Time Zone Database] (IANA)</ref>
{|
|-
| From 1 January 1880 || [[UTC+02:30|UTC+02:30:17]]
|-
| From 3 July 1916 || [[UTC+02:30|UTC+02:31:19]]
|-
| From 1 July 1917 || [[UTC+02:30|UTC+02:31:19]] with DST
|-
| From 1 July 1919 || [[UTC+03:00]] with DST
|-
| From 16 August 1919 || [[UTC+03:00]]
|-
| From 14 February 1921 || [[UTC+03:00]] with DST
|-
| From 1 October 1921 || [[UTC+03:00]]
|-
| From 1 October 1922 || [[UTC+02:00]] ([[Eastern European Time|EET]])
|-
| From 21 June 1930 || [[UTC+03:00]]
|-
| From 1 April 1981 || [[UTC+03:00]] with DST
|-
| From 31 March 1991 || [[UTC+02:00]] ([[Eastern European Time|EET]]) with DST
|-
| From 19 January 1992 || [[UTC+03:00]] with DST
|-
| From 27 March 2011 || [[UTC+04:00]]
|-
| From 26 October 2014 || [[UTC+03:00]]
|}