The World Clock - Time Zone Converter (2024)

FAQs

What time is it now in different time zones? ›

UTC is the universal standard time coordinated through international agreement.

For the most part, the United Kingdom is eight hours ahead of Los Angeles. In the winter, both use standard time, with Los Angeles on UTC —8 and the United Kingdom on UTC. In the summer, both use daylight saving time, Los Angeles on UTC —7 and the United Kingdom on UTC +1.

The four main ones are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Standard Time. The two others are Alaska Standard Time and Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, observed only by Alaska and Hawaii respectively.

Each time zone is 15 degrees of longitude wide. Distance between the zones is greatest at the equator. It shrinks to zero at the poles because of the curvature of Earth. Since the equator is about 24,902 miles long, the distance between time zones at the equator is approximately 1,038 miles.

This can include several countries. If the area is large enough, a country can have multiple time zones. There are 24 time zones around the world.

All time zones are measured from a starting point centered at England's Greenwich Observatory. This point is known as the Greenwich Meridian or the Prime Meridian. Time at the Greenwich Meridian is known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time.

Kiribati – pronounced Kiribas – is the only nation on Earth to permanently trespass into GMT+14: the earliest time zone in the world.

None if you compare time with all the USA 50 States. American Samoa is the only contender for the comparison year round and Kiribati, Tonga as well New Zealand (for Tokelau) are all 24 hours ahead of American Samoa all year round.

What is the greatest time difference in the world? ›

You can see that the most extreme time zones are +14 hours at Line Islands (Kiribati), and -12 hours in and around Baker Islands (US). Therefore, the maximum possible difference between times on Earth is 26 hours. That means that at 11:00 PM of a Monday in Baker Island, it is 1:00 AM of a Wednesday in Line Islands.

If we look at a time zone map, we see that the time zone 12 hours ahead of EST is ICT, a.k.a. Indochina Time [Zone]. From north to south, the countries located in the ICT are Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

UTC+14:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +14:00. This is the earliest time zone on Earth, meaning that areas in this zone are the first to see a new day, and therefore the first to celebrate a New Year.

Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. Which is the country/island from where the new day starts in terms of time (1st in terms of time zones)? Is it New Zealand? No, it's Kiribati.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) The "Greenwich Mean Time" refers to the time zone at the zero degree of longitude that runs through the London suburb of Greenwich, from which it takes its name. It is also called the zero meridian.

It is 06:03:21 right now.

Time zones are spaces of 15 degrees of longitude that change by one hour with regards to the local time. 15 degrees were chosen because a circle has 360 degrees and 360 divided by 24 is 15. There are a total of 24 time zones across the globe that add up to the 24 hours that are in a day.

What are the six time zones in the US states? The six time zones within the 50 US states are – Alaska time, Central time, Eastern time, Hawaii-Aleutian time, Mountain time, and Pacific time.