Dominican Republic is a distant tropical fabulous country located in central America. For those who go to rest in this paradise of our planet, information about the time zone of the Dominican Republic will not be superfluous. Travelers should not forget about the significant time difference with Moscow, because of which biorhythm disturbances may occur.
Officially, the Dominican Republic time zone sounds like "minus 4 GMT". It is believed that in this English city passes the zero meridian, taken as a reference point for all time zones. It is designated "GMT", now you can find another designation - UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, which means " Coordinated Universal Time ").
Russia
Since 2014, it has been customary in our country to allocate eleven time zones, previously only nine were allocated. The very first sunrise contemplate the inhabitants of the Far East. Well, the capital (Moscow) time was logically taken as the starting point, it is the main one. It announces the sending of aircraft and trains in all cities of Russia, on the basis of this time a television program is compiled. Moscow’s time zone is GMT +4, that is, Moscow is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich, and, correspondingly, in the Dominican Republic with GMT “minus 4” - four hours less.
Fall into the past
If you live in Moscow, then, having flown to Haiti, you will "fall into the past" and can extend your vacation due to the eight-hour difference with Moscow at the Dominican Republic. The GMT -4 time zone indicates that when it is 8 a.m. in the republic, Englishmen are already enjoying their lunch in full swing (it is noon), and in Moscow it is already 4 p.m. (of this day, of course).
Flight from the capital of Russia
An interesting fact - it turns out that the flight time to Punta Cana lasting 12 hours, in fact, turns into just a four-hour journey. If you depart from Moscow at 10:00, then Moscow time, you will land at Punta Cana International Airport at 22:00, but the local time in the Dominican Republic, taking into account the difference of 8 hours, will be 14:00, only 4 hours more from the departure time your flight.
Convenient for calculations is the fact that both countries do not switch to daylight saving time, which indicates a constant eight-hour time zone difference with the Dominican Republic in Moscow.
What is the time difference with other domestic cities?
It will be useful for residents of the regions to familiarize themselves with information about the time difference between the Dominican Republic and the largest cities of Russia:
- St. Petersburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Samara - 8 hours;
- Yekaterinburg - 10 hours;
- Novosibirsk - 11 hours;
- Krasnoyarsk - 12 hours;
- Kaliningrad - 7 hours.
If you decide to talk on the phone, focus on the afternoon Moscow time - after 16:00, when it was already 8 o’clock in the morning in the Dominican Republic. Before four in the afternoon Moscow is not worth calling the Dominican Republic - they are still sleeping there. Or call around 20:00 Moscow time, when in the Dominican Republic at 12 noon - lunch time, when people are not particularly busy.
Extend your day and feel better
What is the difference in time zones between Moscow and the Dominican Republic for our compatriots? After all, the gap is significant, and people's biorhythms can suffer, but it seems that we were more fortunate than the inhabitants of Haiti, who would decide to visit us, and that's why.
Today, scientists no longer believe that for every crossed time zone one day of rest is required. The fact is that specialists from the University of Maryland in the USA developed and presented a mathematical model of brain nerve cells that regulate our biorhythms, which, as it turned out, include more than 24 hours. Because of this increased duration, it’s easier for the traveler to transfer the flight to the west in terms of health, thus “lengthening” his day.
For example, a flight from Paris to New York is easier to carry than a flight from New York to Paris due to the direction of travel. Tourists from St. Petersburg will easier to travel to England than the British, who wished to visit the city on the Neva.
It goes without saying that the more time zones a person overcomes, the more noticeable the difference in well-being.
Scientists were able to establish: those who crossed three time zones in a westerly direction can fully recover within four days. At the same time, flying in the opposite direction, east, the traveler most likely will have to adapt longer. But everything, of course, individually, a lot depends on human health.