Asia/Kamchatka time zone

Asia/Kamchatka is an IANA time zone used in Russia. It stays on UTC+12 all year.

Asia/Kamchatka at a glance

How Asia/Kamchatka keeps time

Asia/Kamchatka has stayed on UTC+12 since its last daylight saving period in 2010. Software that still applies an old rule will show the wrong time, so keep tz data up to date.

Recent and upcoming changes in Asia/Kamchatka

The base offset of this zone changed in 2011, from UTC+11 to UTC+12. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Countries and cities on Asia/Kamchatka

Asia/Kamchatka is used in Russia. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

Asia/Kamchatka 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.

Other zones on UTC+12 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Asia/Kamchatka today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Pacific/Fiji
• Pacific/Funafuti
• Pacific/Majuro
• Pacific/Nauru
• Pacific/Norfolk
• Pacific/Tarawa
• Pacific/Wallis
• Pacific/Kwajalein
• Asia/Anadyr

Using Asia/Kamchatka in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Asia/Kamchatka, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+12 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Asia/Kamchatka:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Kamchatka', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Kamchatka'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kamchatka')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Asia/Kamchatka date

Tools for time in Asia/Kamchatka

• Convert a time to or from Asia/Kamchatka: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Kamchatka and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

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.