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This is a list of time zones, sorted by time offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Countries and regions observing the respective time zones are listed under it. This only gives current offsets. For more detailed and historic information, the zones must be divided. One list that does so is the tz database. See list of tz zones. Also see a helpful (which isn't necessarily completely up to date).
   Regions marked with asterisks (* or **) observe daylight saving time: add one hour in summer (* for Northern Hemisphere summer; ** for Southern Hemisphere). Note, some locations use GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) instead of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in the definition of local time. For the purposes of this summary, the distinction is ignored.
   Some zones north-south of each other in the mid Pacific differ by 24 hours in time: they've the same time of day but differ by a full day. The two extreme time zones on Earth (both in the mid Pacific) differ by 26 hours. A particular day starts earlier in countries with a more positive UTC offset. Thus the first occurrence of a date will be in UTC+14 and the last of the same date in UTC−12. This gives the interesting feature that during one hour each day there are three different dates in use on land around the world, for example at 10:30 UTC Monday it's already 00:30 Tuesday in the Line Islands (UTC+14) while the time is 23:30 Sunday in Samoa (UTC-11).
   Time zone abbreviations are almost always customary, not legal—those listed here only exist in English and are somewhat arbitrary. English time zone names below generally only apply to English-speaking areas. The CIA and NAO disagree on the time kept by some Russian oblasts, so both are given below—this may be due to a recent time zone change.

UTC-12, Y

UTC-11, X

  • American Samoa
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Niue
  • Samoa

    UTC-10, W

  • Cook Islands
  • French Polynesia
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Tokelau
  • United States (HT—Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone)

    , V†

  • French Polynesia

    UTC-9, V

  • French Polynesia
  • United States (AKT—Alaska Time Zone)

    UTC-8, U

  • Canada (PT—Pacific Time Zone)
  • Clipperton Island
  • Mexico
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • United States (PT—Pacific Time Zone)

    UTC-7, T

  • Canada (MT—Mountain Time Zone)

    UTC-6, S

  • Belize
  • Canada (CT—North American Central Time Zone)

    UTC-5, R

  • Bahamas*
  • Brazil
    • Acre, (to be changed June 24, 2008)
  • Canada (ET—North American Eastern Time Zone)
  • Cayman Islands
  • Colombia
  • Cuba*
  • Ecuador
  • Haiti*
  • Jamaica
  • Navassa Island
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Turks and Caicos Islands*
  • United States (ET—Eastern Time Zone)

    , Q†

  • Venezuela (since 09 December 2007 02:30:00 UTC-4:30)

    UTC-4, Q

  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda*
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada (AT—Atlantic Time Zone)
  • Chile**
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Falkland Islands**
  • Greenland

    , P†

  • Canada (NST—Newfoundland Standard Time Zone)

    UTC-3, P

  • Antarctica
  • Argentina**
  • Brazil - official time
  • French Guiana
  • Greenland
  • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon*
  • Suriname
  • Uruguay**

    UTC-2, O

  • Brazil - Ocean Islands
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    UTC-1, N

    Principal cities: Praia, Mindelo, Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo

    Territories observing European Union DST rules » (DST begins 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in October)

  • Greenland (Denmark):

    UTC, Z

    Principal cities: London, Dublin, Abidjan, Casablanca, Accra, Lisbon The crew of the International Space Station observes this timezone in their daily routine.

    Territories observing European Union DST rules » (DST begins 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in October)

  • Faroe Islands (Denmark)
  • Guernsey (United Kingdom)
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
  • Jersey (United Kingdom)
  • Portugal, except Azores (see UTC-1, N)
  • Spain:
  • United Kingdom

    Territories not observing DST

  • Burkina Faso
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Greenland (Denmark):

    UTC+1, A

    Principal cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Kinshasa, Lagos, Madrid, Paris, Rome

    Territories observing European Union DST rules » (DST begins 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in October)

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Kosovo
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain, except Canary Islands (see UTC, Z)
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tunisia
  • Vatican City

    Territories observing their own DST rules

  • Namibia

    Territories not observing DST

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Bouvet Island, uninhabited (Norway)
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo:
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo

    UTC+2, B

    Principal cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Helsinki, Kiev, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Bucharest, Athens

    Territories observing European Union DST rules » (DST begins 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends 1 a.m. UTC on the last Sunday in October)

  • Åland (Finland)
  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Greece
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Romania
  • Transnistria (no international recognition: recognized as part of Moldova)
  • Turkey
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey)
  • Ukraine

    Territories observing DST rules for Russia, Belarus and Armenia » (DST begins 02:00. local standard time on the last Sunday in March and ends 3 a.m. local daylight saving time on the last Sunday in October, in each time zone)

  • Belarus
  • Russia
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine (partial international recognition)
  • Syria

    Territories not observing DST

  • Botswana
  • Burundi
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Rwanda
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • South Africa (SAST—South Africa Standard Time)
  • Swaziland
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

    UTC+3, C

    Principal cities: Moscow, Baghdad, Khartoum, Saint Petersburg
  • Bahrain
  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Iraq
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Madagascar
  • Mayotte
  • Qatar
  • Russia* (most of European portion, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, and all railroads throughout Russia)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Yemen

    , C†

    Principal cities: Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz
  • Iran

    UTC+4, D

    Principal cities: Baku, Samara, Tbilisi, Yerevan
  • Armenia*
  • Azerbaijan*
  • French Southern Territories
  • Georgia (Georgia moved from zone UTC+4 to UTC+3 on June 27 2004, then back to UTC+4 on March 27 2005)
  • Mauritius
  • Oman
  • Réunion
  • Russia
  • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean
  • Seychelles
  • United Arab Emirates

    , D†

    Principal cities: Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-i Sharif
  • Afghanistan

    UTC+5, E

    Principal cities: Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi
  • French Southern Territories
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Kazakhstan (Western)
  • Maldives
  • Pakistan (PST—Pakistan Standard Time)
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

    , E†

    Principal cities: Bangalore, Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai
  • India (IST—Indian Standard Time)
  • Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka moved from zone UTC+6 to on April 15, 2006)

    , E‡

    Principal cities: Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Patan, Pokhara
  • Nepal
  • :Nepal's time zone of was adopted in 1986. This is the nearest quarter-hour from Greenwich to the local mean time of Nepal's capital Kathmandu, which is at 85°19′E or 5:41:16. Old CIA maps, 1995 and earlier, have Nepal at, which may be their approximation of Kathmandu's local mean time.

    UTC+6, F

    Principal cities: Dhaka, Chittagong, Novosibirsk, Khulna
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (including Chagos Archipelago and Diego Garcia)
  • Kazakhstan (Eastern)
  • Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan abolished DST on August 12 2005 and moved from zone UTC+5 to UTC+6)
  • Russia

    , F†

  • Cocos Islands
  • Myanmar

    UTC+7, G

  • Cambodia
  • Christmas Island (Australia)
  • Indonesia (Western/WIB)
  • Laos
  • Mongolia* (Khovd, Uvs, and Bayan-Ölgii)
  • Russia
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam

    UTC+8, H

  • Australia (AWST—Australian Western Standard Time)
    • Western Australia (most of state)**
    • :Western Australia began a three-year experiment with usage of summer (daylight saving) time on 3 December, 2006. Daylight saving time will be used from October through March, with the late start in 2006 due to late passage of the relevant legislation. A referendum will be held in the autumn or winter of 2009 to determine whether daylight saving time usage will be permanent.
  • Brunei
  • People's Republic of China
  • :Note that the whole of the People's Republic of China has the same time, which makes this time zone exceptionally wide. In the extreme west of China the sun is at its highest at 15:00, in the extreme east at 11:00. It also means that on the short (76 km) frontier with Afghanistan, the official time change is 3 hours and 30 minutes. The two western autonomous regions of China, Xinjiang and Tibet, were in UTC+6 during the Republic era (1912–1949), but were moved to UTC+8 after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Today, residents of the two autonomous regions do everything 2 hours late. For example, lunch is at 14:00 and business hour ends around 19:00.
  • Hong Kong and Macau SAR
  • Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • :In 1895, when Japan took over Taiwan Island, Taiwan was placed within Japan's Western Standard Time (UTC+8) along with the Yaeyama Islands and Miyako Island (now the southwestern part of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan). However, in 1937, Japan abolished its Western Standard Time so Taiwan then observed Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). Taiwan reverted back to UTC+8 after World War II with intermittent usage of daylight saving time until 1979.
  • Indonesia (Central/WITA)
  • Malaysia
  • :The more populous Peninsular Malaysia is geographically in UTC+7, but changed to UTC+8 in 1982 to follow that of Malaysian Borneo (which makes up only 20% of total population), so that the whole country lies in the same time zone.
  • Mongolia* (most of country)
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • :Geographically in UTC+7, but changed to UTC+8 in 1982 to follow that of Malaysia.
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand** (Daylight saving time from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April.)
  • Russia
  • Tuvalu
  • Wake Island
  • Wallis and Futuna

    , M‡

  • New Zealand
    • Chatham Islands** (daylight saving time from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April.)

    UTC+13, M†

  • Kiribati
  • Tonga

    UTC+14, M†

  • Kiribati Further Information

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