Antarctica/Vostok at a glance
| UTC offset now | UTC+5 |
|---|---|
| Standard time | UTC+5 |
Rules of the Antarctica/Vostok time zone
Antarctica/Vostok stays on UTC+5 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.
Recent and upcoming changes in Antarctica/Vostok
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, January 31, 1994 | Clocks go back 7 hours: 12:00 AM becomes 5:00 PM | UTC+0 |
| Tuesday, November 1, 1994 | Standard offset changes from UTC+0 to UTC+7 | UTC+7 |
| Monday, December 18, 2023 | Clocks go back 2 hours for good: 2:00 AM becomes 12:00 AM | UTC+5 |
The base offset of this zone changed in 2023, from UTC+7 to UTC+5. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.
Where Antarctica/Vostok is used
Antarctica/Vostok compared with other time zones
Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.
| City | Time now | Difference now | In January | In July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (United States) | --:-- | 10 h behind | 10 h behind | 9 h behind |
| Los Angeles (United States) | --:-- | 13 h behind | 13 h behind | 12 h behind |
| London (United Kingdom) | --:-- | 5 h behind | 5 h behind | 4 h behind |
| Paris (France) | --:-- | 4 h behind | 4 h behind | 3 h behind |
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | --:-- | 1 h behind | 1 h behind | 1 h behind |
| Mumbai (India) | --:-- | 30 min ahead | 30 min ahead | 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | --:-- | 3 h ahead | 3 h ahead | 3 h ahead |
| Tokyo (Japan) | --:-- | 4 h ahead | 4 h ahead | 4 h ahead |
| Sydney (Australia) | --:-- | 6 h ahead | 6 h ahead | 5 h ahead |
| UTC | --:-- | 5 h behind | 5 h behind | 5 h behind |
Other zones on UTC+5 right now
These IANA zones show the same time as Antarctica/Vostok today. Their clock-change rules may differ.
- Asia/Almaty
- Asia/Aqtau
- Asia/Aqtobe
- Asia/Ashgabat
- Asia/Atyrau
- Asia/Dushanbe
- Asia/Karachi
- Asia/Oral
- Asia/Qostanay
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Asia/Samarkand
- Asia/Tashkent
Using Antarctica/Vostok in software
Use the zone name Antarctica/Vostok rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.
Show the current time in Antarctica/Vostok:
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Antarctica/Vostok', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Antarctica/Vostok'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Antarctica/Vostok')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Antarctica/Vostok datePlan around the time in Antarctica/Vostok
- Convert a time to or from Antarctica/Vostok: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
- Add Antarctica/Vostok to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
- Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Antarctica/Vostok and the other cities you work with.
- Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the UTC offset of Antarctica/Vostok?
UTC+5, all year.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.