МСК

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Моско́вское вре́мя

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Noun edit

МСК • (MSK) m inan (indeclinable)

Initialism of Москва́ (Moskvá)
Initialism of Моско́вское вре́мя (Moskóvskoje vrémja, “Moscow Time, Moscow Standard Time”) (the time zone in western Russia)
- МСК+9
  MSK+9
  Moscow Standard Time+9 (nine hours after Moscow Time, the time zone in Kamchatka, eastern Russia)

Usage notes edit

In sense 2, МСК is used as a reference for the eleven time zones of Russia. A number with a minus is for the time zone west of Moscow, Kaliningrad Time (МСК−1, UTC+2); while any number with a plus is for the other nine time zones east of Moscow.

For example, МСК+5 means "five hours after Moscow Time", the time zone in Irkutsk (МСК+5, UTC+8).