Vostok — Antarctica/Vostok
The current local time in the Antarctica/Vostok IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Antarctica in the area around Vostok. The zone is currently at UTC +05:00 · GMT+5 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Antarctica/Vostok
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+5
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Antarctica/Vostok
Vostok vs. major cities
How far Vostok is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Vostok, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Vostok | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −12 h | 21:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | +0:30 h | 09:30 | 09:00–16:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Beijing · China | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Vostok time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Vostok
Since 1970, Vostok has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 1 of 57 years. Since 2023 it has stayed on UTC +05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Vostok stays on UTC +05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1993 | UTC +07:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1994 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +07:00 | Forward on the first Tuesday in November, back on the first Tuesday in February |
| 1995–2022 | UTC +07:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2023–2026 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Vostok
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Antarctica/Vostok on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Antarctica/Mawson Almaty Asia/Almaty Aqtau Asia/Aqtau Aqtobe Asia/Aqtobe Ashgabat Asia/Ashgabat Atyrau Asia/Atyrau Dushanbe Asia/Dushanbe Karachi Asia/Karachi Oral Asia/Oral Qostanay Asia/Qostanay Qyzylorda Asia/Qyzylorda Samarkand Asia/Samarkand Tashkent Asia/Tashkent Yekaterinburg Asia/Yekaterinburg Kerguelen Indian/Kerguelen Maldives Indian/Maldives More references for Antarctica/Vostok
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