2025 schedule
| Change | Date | Local time | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| No clock changes in 2025. Russia abandoned clock changes in 2011, spent three years on permanent summer time, then settled on permanent standard time in October 2014. | |||
Russia stays on MSK for the whole year.
Time until the next change
Current local time:
Getting ready
- Gradually adjust your sleep schedule a few days before the time change to minimize disruption.
- Check and replace smoke detector batteries when changing clocks - it's a good reminder!
- Remember that not all countries change on the same date - check international meeting times carefully.
- Consider the time change when scheduling meetings with people in other time zones.
Frequently asked questions
When do the clocks change in Russia in 2025?
They do not. Russia does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
Which way do the clocks go?
"Spring forward, fall back" is the usual mnemonic: forward one hour in spring, back one hour in autumn.
Do I have to change anything myself?
Phones, computers and anything that syncs over the internet update on their own. Car clocks, ovens, microwaves and older wall clocks generally do not.
Is Daylight Saving Time being scrapped?
It has been proposed in many places and adopted in few. The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end mandatory clock changes and the change has stalled; in the United States the Sunshine Protection Act has repeatedly passed the Senate without becoming law. Most of the world that changes its clocks is still changing them.