UTC offset

The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local solar time, at a particular place. So if the time being described is two hours ahead of UTC (such as in Kigali, Rwanda), the UTC offset would be "+02:00", "+0200", or simply "+02".

Time zones and time offsets

World map of current time zones
Examples of the difference between local standard time and UTC
Location Longitude UTC offset When UTC time is 12:00,

local standard time is:
When local time is 12:00,

UTC time is
Accra, Ghana 0° 12' W UTC+00:00 12:00 12:00
Mogadishu, Somalia 45° 20′ E UTC+03:00 15:00 09:00
Dhaka, Bangladesh 90° 23′ E UTC+06:00 18:00 06:00
Manila, Philippines 120° 58' E UTC+08:00 20:00 04:00
Koror, Palau 134°29′E UTC+09:00 21:00 03:00
Suva, Fiji 178° 27′ E UTC+12:00 00:00 00:00
Honolulu, United States 157° 51 W UTC−10:00 02:00 22:00
Guatemala City, Guatemala 90° 32' W UTC−06:00 06:00 18:00
Brasília, Brazil 47° 53' W UTC-03:00 09:00 15:00

Daylight saving time

  • ISO 8601 – international standard for representing dates and times.

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