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City		Time
Almaty		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Aqtaū		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Aqtöbe (Aktiubinsk)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Aral		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Arqalyk (Arkalyk)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Astana (Tselinograd)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Atbasar		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Atyraū (Guryev)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Balqash (Balhash)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Ekibastuz		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Kandyagash		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Kökshetaū		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Kul’sary		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Oral		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Oskemen (Öskemen)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Pavlodar		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Petropavl		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Qaraghandy (Karaganda)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Qostanay (Kustanaisk)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Qyzylorda (Kzyl–Orda)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Rūdnyy		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Saryagach		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Semey (Semipalatinsk)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Shubarkuduk		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Shymkent (Shimkent)		9:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Taldyqorghan (Taldy–Kurgan Stantsiya)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Taraz		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Zaysan (Zaisan)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22
Zhayrem (Zhairem)		10:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22

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Comments About... Kazakhstan

Situated in Central Asia, deep within the Eurasian continent, Kazakhstan is a large territory with 2,717,300 sq km of territory. Surprisingly to most, this makes Kazakhstan the 9th largest country in the world.

The territory of Kazakhstan spans from the Caspian Sea and the Caspian Depression in the west to the Altay Mountains in the east. The Altay Mountains borders with both China and Russia and is only a hop skip and a jump away from Mongolia. In total, Kazakhstan spans approximately 40 degrees in longitude.

With such size, it is reasonable to assume that the country will have more than 1 time zone. In fact, Kazakhstan has 2 time zones and in the past, Kazakhstan even had 3 time zones. Kazakhstan’s western time zone, which was relatively small in size, included the cities and towns of Aqtaū, Atyraū (Guryev), Kul’sary and Oral. This western time zone was merged with the central time zone.

Kazakhstan can still be as mysterious today as when the likes of Marco Polo and others travelled the Silk Road. As a result, timegenie.com has worked to simplify the time zones in Kazakhstan for you.

At timegenie.com, we have decided to refer to Kazakhstan’s 2 time zones as West Kazakhstan Time (the left side of the country) and East Kazakhstan Time (the right side of the country).

West Kazakhstan Time has also been referred to as Aqtöbe Time. This is in reference to the city of Aqtöbe. West Kazakhstan Time is UTC/GMT +5 hours.

East Kazakhstan Time has also been referred to as Almaty Time. This is in reference to the city of Almaty. East Kazakhstan Time is UTC/GMT +6 hours.

Kazakhstan used to observe daylight saving time , but according to a press release on March 21, 2005, the Kazakhstan’s Embassy in London, UK, said the following:

Kazakhstan abolishes daylight saving time:

The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health complications coupled with a decrease in productivity.

The decision was based on economic calculations, public polls and medicinal studies, as well as police statistics.

Economists concluded one of the major reasons for the time change, the economy of energy consumption, had almost no effect in Kazakhstan with energy savings amounting to less than a dollar per person per year.

Doctors found out that more than half the people of Kazakhstan react negatively to time change. Insomnia, spikes in blood pressure, endocrinal deviations and the exacerbation of chronic diseases were cited as the most common health complications caused by the one hour time shift taking place soon after the vernal equinox.
Dr. Zaira Majitova, MD, said: “A human body has its own biological watch which runs synchronously with nature’s watch. When the human body is forced to readjust artificially, it leads to disturbances in the biological watch. If we don’t switch to summer time we’ll stay in the correct time frame.”

Time change also leads to growth in numbers of driving accidents, as well as work related accidents.

In abolishing daylight savings time, Kazakhstan follows the example of China, Estonia, Japan, Singapore, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

For people in the United Kingdom dealing with Kazakhstan, this development means that the time difference between Astana and London will be 6 hours except when the UK switches to daylight saving time when it will be 5 hours.

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City	Time	GMT±
Vancouver	8:36 PM — Sat, Nov 21	-8:00
Perth	12:36 PM — Sun, Nov 22	+8:00
Nairobi	7:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22	+3:00
Vladivostok	2:36 PM — Sun, Nov 22	+10:00
Reykjavík	4:36 AM — Sun, Nov 22	+0:00

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Sun, Nov 22, 2009

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