[tz] 7 regions in Russia submitted draft bills to change their time zones
Alexander Krivenyshev
wtz at worldtimezone.com
Sun Jan 3 05:14:06 UTC 2016
After researching several official government documents (duma.gov.ru),
there are at least 7 regions in Russia (not 3) that have submitted draft
bills proposing changes to their time zones.
Those regions are:
- Zabaykalsky Krai / Chita (draft bill date of entry July 16, 2015)- has
recently received approval to change time zone from UTC+8 to UTC+9
- Astrakhan Oblast / Astrakhan (draft bill date of entry Aug. 15, 2015),
UTC+3 to UTC+4
- Sakhalin Oblast / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (draft bill date of entry Sep. 28,
2015), UTC+10 to UTC+11
- Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk (draft bill date of entry Nov. 03, 2015),
UTC+3 to UTC+4
- Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk (draft bill date of entry Nov. 23, 2015),
UTC+6 to UTC+7
- Altai Krai / Barnaul (draft bill date of entry Dec. 03, 2015), UTC+6 to
UTC+7
- Magadan Oblast / Magadan (draft bill date of entry Dec. 08, 2015), UTC+10
to UTC+11
See as a reference Russia map with 7 regions to change their time zones
(darker colors of blue, green, red):
http://www.worldtimezone.com/russia-time-zones-map-2016-04.gif
(vs current http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia12.php)
Seems that draft bill in Russia must pass through the following phases
before being signed into law:
Phase 1- The State Duma Council draft bill review
Phase 2- Pass three (3) readings/revisions by the State Duma
Phase 3- Approval by the Federation Council
Phase 4- Signed by the President.
Currently there are 6 additional regions in Russia that have requested to
change their time zones (make amendments to the current Federal Law "On the
calculation of time"), those draft bills were introduced at different times
and are in different phases of the approval (or rejection) process.
To make it easier to understand, below are the approximate phases of the
remaining regions requesting time zones changes:
- Sakhalin Oblast / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State
Duma Council)
- Astrakhan Oblast / Astrakhan - Phase 2 ( first reading by the State Duma)
- Ulyanovsk Oblast / Ulyanovsk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma
Council)
- Altai republic / Gorno-Altaysk - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma
Council)
- Altai Krai / Barnaul - Phase 1 (introduced to the State Duma Council)
- Magadan Oblast / Magadan - Phase 1 ( introduced to the Chairman of the
State Duma- part of the State Duma Council)
It is hard to say, how many above regions will be able to get through all
these phases and change their time zones by March 27, 2016.
We will try to keep our eyes on it.
Alexander Krivenyshev
http://www.worldtimezone.com
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