Time in Georgia (country)
time zone
Georgia uses a timezone UTC+04:00 referred to in the country as Tbilisi Time (Georgian: თბილისის დრო, romanized: Tbilisis Dro; GET). Georgia has not observed daylight saving time since 2005. In the Russian-occupied territories in Georgia (breakaway states of Republic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia), the de facto timezone is Moscow Time (UTC+3).
History
During the Soviet times, Georgian SSR had the decree time of 3rd timezone, which was further than Moscow Time by one hour (UTC+4). In the railway and airway systems, Moscow Time was used. In 1981, the Soviet Union introduced a switch to daylight saving time.
In the independent Georgia, the daylight saving time dates have matched the dates agreed upon by European countries (March and October). On 27 June 2004, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili made a decree switching Georgia to UTC+03:00 timezone. The reasons cited for the switch were "geographical location of the country, processes of Eurointegration, and recommendation by the Time and Frequency Services of the Department of Standardisation, Metrology, and Certification of Georgia." On 27 March 2005, Georgia had switched to summer time for the last time (to UTC+4:00).
On 13 October 2005, President Saakashvili made another decree, which was approved by the Government of Georgia, to abolish the daylight saving time.
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