MSK
Moscow Standard Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IRKT
Irkutsk Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

MSK is 5 hours behind IRKT. MSK uses GMT +3, and IRKT uses GMT +8 for this comparison.

For example, 3:00 pm MSK is 8:00 pm IRKT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 9am-12pm MSK, which is 2pm-5pm IRKT.

Compare MSK time with IRKT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Moscow Standard Time is 5 hours behind Irkutsk Time
3:00 pm15:00 in MSK is 8:00 pm20:00 in IRKT

MSK to IRKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in MSK which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in IRKT

3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Irkutsk Time (IRKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 MSK / 8:00 pm20:00 IRKT

MSKIRKT
12am (midnight)5am
1am6am
2am7am
3am8am
4am9am
5am10am
6am11am
7am12pm (noon)
8am1pm
9am2pm
10am3pm
11am4pm
12pm (noon)5pm
1pm6pm
2pm7pm
3pm8pm
4pm9pm
5pm10pm
6pm11pm
7pm12am (midnight)
8pm1am
9pm2am
10pm3am
11pm4am
00:0005:00
01:0006:00
02:0007:00
03:0008:00
04:0009:00
05:0010:00
06:0011:00
07:0012:00
08:0013:00
09:0014:00
10:0015:00
11:0016:00
12:0017:00
13:0018:00
14:0019:00
15:0020:00
16:0021:00
17:0022:00
18:0023:00
19:0000:00
20:0001:00
21:0002:00
22:0003:00
23:0004:00

Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK time zone is Moscow in Russia, with about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Moscow Standard Time (MSK) do not change for daylight saving time, so MSK stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

MSK Time Zone Geo Map
MSK timezone map

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MSK time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Kirov
  • Europe/Moscow
  • Europe/Simferopol
  • Europe/Volgograd
  • W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

Irkutsk Time

Offset: IRKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Russia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRKT time zone is Irkutsk in Russia, with about 586,695 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ulan Ude, Bratsk, Angarsk, Ust Ilimsk.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Irkutsk Time (IRKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so IRKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IRKT Time Zone Geo Map
IRKT timezone map

IRKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for IRKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time