Armenia canceled summer time

The Government of Armenia has decided to stop switching the clocks between summer and winter time, so there will be no summer time in Armenia this year.^[1]

Armenia's geographical time zone is GMT+3, but its official time is GMT+4. The difference goes back to the 1930s, when the clocks were moved one hour forward in the former USSR, said the Minister of Economy, Tigran Davtyan.

Davtyan said the change will be good for people's health: spring and autumn are stressful periods for human health, and the clock changes may cause additional problems.

With the new decision, Armenia's time will be closer to Russia's and Western Europe's in summer. Armenia has been on GMT+5 during daylight saving time, but this summer the difference between Armenia and Central Europe will be only two hours.

According to Tigran Davtyan, Armenia may move to GMT+3 in a year or later.

Correction, 26 October 2026: The article first gave Armenia's times as GMT-3, GMT-4 and GMT-5. Armenia is east of Greenwich, so they are GMT+3 (its geographical time zone), GMT+4 (its official time) and GMT+5 (its summer time until 2011).^[1]

Update, 26 October 2026: Armenia's last clock change was on 30 October 2011. Since then it has kept UTC+4 all year, and it has not moved to UTC+3.^[1]