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UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2017-03-29T23:15:31+03:00 (boldface only here to be clear).
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Some areas in the world use UTC+03:00 all year, other areas only part of the year.
Europe
Most of European Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov on Don, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land. From October 26, 2014 Moscow and most other parts of European Russia started using UTC+3 again, all year around. Also on September 7, 2016, Turkey and Northern Cyprus started using UTC+3 all year round.
Besides the names mentioned above, the name 'Eastern Europe Forward Time' (EEFT) is sometimes used.
Africa
Arabia Standard Time
Arabia Standard Time, or AST (also known as KSA), is used by some countries in the Middle East. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed. Between 1982 and 2007, Iraq observed Arabia Daylight Time (UTC+4) but the government abolished DST on March 2008.
Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:
Notes:
- The westernmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is the westernmost point of Sudan, in the West Darfur state, at the border with Chad; Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, located very close to that point, has a longitude of 22°27' E.
- The easternmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is the easternmost point of Saudi Arabia, in the Eastern Province, at the border with Oman, with a longitude of roughly 55°20' E.