Armenia Time (AMT; Armenian: Հայաստանի ժամանակ, romanizedHayastani zhamanak) is a time zone used in Armenia. Armenia Time is four hours ahead of UTC at UTC+04:00.[1]

Time in Europe:
Light Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)
Red Central European Time (UTC+1)
Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Yellow Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2)
Ochre Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
Green Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4)
 Pale colours: Standard time observed all year
 Dark colours: Summer time observed

Clock time is about one hour later than solar noon in Armenia. Consequently, population activity hours are similar to those in Paris or Barcelona, which have about the same shift to solar time. They are about one hour later compared to those in Berlin and Vienna, and are two hours later than those in Warsaw and New York.

Daylight saving time edit

Armenia does not utilize Daylight saving time. The Government of Armenia issued a decree that cancelled the observance of daylight saving time, otherwise known as Armenia Summer Time (AMST) in 2012.[2]

Other time zones in UTC +4 edit

 
World map of current time zones

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as AMT, but can be found under a different name in other countries, these include:[3]

Artsakh edit

The partially recognized state of the Republic of Artsakh also used Armenia Time (AMT).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nautical Almanac Office (U S ) (17 May 2013). The Nautical Almanac for the Year 2014. Government Printing Office. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-16-091756-1.
  2. ^ Armenia Time Zone - Armenia Current Time - Daylight Saving Time. TimeTemperature.com.
  3. ^ AMT – Armenia Time (Standard Time). TimeAndDate.com.

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