Hello, Today government agencies announced a change in time zone from UTC+6 to UTC+5 from 00:00 on March 1, 2024. After this Kazakhstan will have a single time zone. https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/news/details/688998?lang=ru

Amendments have been made to the Government Decree “On the procedure for calculating time on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan”. According to the changes, the use of a single time zone throughout the country is established from 00:00 on March 1, 2024.

Thus, the 5th time zone (UTC+5) will be applied to the entire territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Today in Kazakhstan there are two time zones UTC+5 and UTC+6. Most of the country's territory (with the exception of the western regions) is located in the UTC+6 zone.

The resolution is subject to official publication and comes into force on March 1, 2024.

-- Thanks, Pavel Starosek