Yakutsk Time (YAKT) is a time zone in Russia which is nine hours ahead of GMT, and six hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK). The time zone is also known as Asia/Yakutsk in the tz datbase.
The time zone covers Sakha Republic (western part), Amur Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai.
On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between in winter and in summer, Yakutsk Time became fixed at until 2014, when it was reset back to year-round.
In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database, the zones with the same current offset are: