Yekaterinburg Time (YEKT) is the time zone five hours ahead of UTC () and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+2).
In 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between in winter and in summer, Yekaterinburg time was set to until 2014, when it was reset back to year-round.
The time zone applies to the Ural Federal District, and Bashkortostan, Orenburg Oblast and Perm Krai in the Volga Federal District.
In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database, the zone with the same current offset is: