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UTC - International Time Standard
World Map and Time Zones
Daylight Savings/Summer Time
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 UTC - International Time Standard
The international approved time is known as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). UTC was formerly known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Origin of UTC is based on the Zero-Meridian (zero degree of length) that goes through Greenwich.

=1FS= also uses UTC for time information.
UTC Time (in UTC format) *
Your Local Time (in your local format) *
* These times only show correctly when your computer system time is set correctly to your local time and time zone.
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 World Map and Time Zones
World Map
large (usable as printout, 685 kb)
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Standard Time / Daylight Savings/Summer Time
Abbreviation
Offset from UTC **
Europe
Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time GMT / BST +/- 0 hour / + 1 hour
Central Europe Time / Central Europe Summer Time CET / CEST + 1 hour / + 2 hours
Eastern European Time / Eastern European Summer Time
EET / EEST
+ 2 hours / + 3 hours
North America
Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Daylight Time EST / EDT - 5 hours / - 4 hours
Central Standard Time / Central Daylight Time CST / CDT - 6 hours / - 5 hours
Mountain Standard Time / Mountain Daylight Time MST / MDT - 7 hours / - 6 hours
Pacific Standard Time / Pacific Daylight Time PST / PDT - 8 hours / - 7 hours
Asia, Australia and Pacific Region
China (Standard, no Daylight Savings Time)
N/A
 + 8 hours
Singapore (Standard, no Daylight Savings Time)
N/A
+ 8 hours
Australian Western Standard Time (no Daylight Savings Time)
AWST
+ 8 hours
Australian Central Standard Time / Australian Central Daylight Time
ACST / ACDT
+ 9.5 hours / + 10.5 hours
Australian Eastern Standard Time / Australian Eastern Daylight Time
AEST / AEDT
+ 10 hours / + 11 hours
New Zealand Standard Time / New Zealand Daylight Time
NZST / NZDT
 + 12 hours / + 13 hours
** A short explanation obtaining correct time. Our Time Conversion Chart may also help.
  • Countries west of UTC: subtract number of hours from UTC to obtain local time zone (e.g. UTC - 7 hours = MST)
  • Countries east of UTC: add number of hours from UTC to obtain local time zone (e.g. UTC + 2 hours = EET)
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 Daylight Savings/Summer Time
Start End
Europe
0100h UTC, last Sunday in March 0100h UTC, last Sunday in October
USA and Canada
0200h local time, first Sunday in April 0200h local time, last Sunday in October
Australia
Australia's time zones are a bit complicated. Go to http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html for detailed information.
New Zealand
first Sunday in October third Sunday in following March
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 More Information
More general information about time zones (external link):
http://pweb.netcom.com/~lee49/usno_time.html
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