According to a different news and the official web site for the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan: https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-to-switch-to-single-hour-zone-mar-1-54a... https://akipress.com/news:755336:Single_time_zone_to_be_set_in_Kazakhstan_fr... Official web site for the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan to switch to a single time zone (updated text in Russian as of Jan 19, 2024) https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/news/details/688998?lang=ru [1] (Dec 14, 2023 Press center / Media) https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-to-switch-to-single-hour-zone-mar-1-54a... Single Time Zone in Kazakhstan: A working group of scientists met with public activists in East Kazakhstan Oblast https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/media/details/42218?lang=en and our link on https://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_kazakhstan01.html Kazakhstan will switch to the single time zone at 00:00 on March 1, 2024, to introduce the UTC+05.00 time throughout the country, Kazinform News Agency reports. According to the decree as of November 23, 2000, the akimats of Astana, Almaty and Shymkent cities, as well as Akmola, Almaty, Zhambyl, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan, Turkistan, East Kazakhstan, Abai, Zhetysu, and Ulytau regions, have to turn the clock back an hour in the night of February 29th to March 1st at 00.00. As of today, there are two time zones in Kazakhstan UTC+5 and UTC+6. Regards, Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com Links: ------ [1] https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/news/details/688998?lang=ru