World Time Zones
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Definition of time zones
A time zone item specifies an international time zone, indicated by a small set of letters.
Military time zone designations use a single letter (except j). Zulu Time (z) is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Here are the most common standard-time time zones, indexed by the zone hour value.
Time Zones West of Greenwich
| GMT offset |
Time Zone Abbreviations |
Military |
|---|---|---|
| -0:00 | GMT =
Greenwich Mean Time UT or UTC for Universal (Coordinated) Time WET for Western European Time |
z |
| -1:00 | WAT = West Africa Time | a |
| -2:00 | AT = Azores Time | b |
| -3:00 | c | |
| -4:00 | AST = Atlantic Standard Time (Canada) | d |
| -5:00 | EST = Eastern Standard Time (USA & Canada) | e |
| -6:00 | CST = Central Standard Time (USA & Canada) | f |
| -7:00 | MST = Mountain Standard Time (USA & Canada) | g |
| -8:00 | PST = Pacific Standard Time (USA & Canada) | h |
| -9:00 | AKST Alaska
Standard Time (USA) YST = Yukon Standard Time (Canada) |
i |
| -10:00 | HST = Hawaii Standard Time HAST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (USA) AHST = Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time (obs) CAT = Central Alaska Time |
k |
| -11:00 | NT = Nome Time | l |
| -12:00 | IDLW = International Date Line West | m |
Time Zones East of Greenwich
| GMT offset |
Time Zone Abbreviations |
Military |
|---|---|---|
| +1:00 | CET =
Central European Time FWT = French Winter Time (France) MET = Middle European Time MEWT = Middle European Winter Time SWT = Swedish Winter Time (Sweden) |
n |
| +2:00 | EET = Eastern European Time, USSR Zone 1 | o |
| +3:00 | BT = Baghdad Time, USSR Zone 2 | p |
| +4:00 | ZP4 = USSR Zone 3 | q |
| +5:00 | ZP5 = USSR Zone 4. | r |
| +6:00 | ZP6 = USSR Zone 5. | s |
| +7:00 | CXT = Christmas Island Time (Australia) | t |
| +8:00 | CCT = China Coast Time, USSR Zone 7 AWST = Australian Western Standard Time WST = Western Standard Time (Australia) |
u |
| +9:00 | JST = Japan Standard Time, USSR Zone 8 | v |
| +10:00 | EAST = East Australian Standard Time EST = Eastern Standard Time (Australia) GST = Guam Standard Time, USSR Zone 9 |
w |
| +11:00 | x | |
| +12:00 | IDLE = International Date Line East NZST = New Zealand Standard Time NZT = New Zealand Time |
y |
Here are many Daylight Saving Time (DST) time zones, indexed by the zone hour value.
| GMT offset |
Time Zone Abbreviations |
Military |
|---|---|---|
| -3:00 | ADT = Atlantic Daylight Time (Canada) | c |
| -4:00 | EDT = Eastern Daylight Time (USA & Canada) | d |
| -5:00 | CDT = Central Daylight Time (USA & Canada) | e |
| -6:00 | MDT = Mountain Daylight Time (USA & Canada) | f |
| -7:00 | PDT = Pacific Daylight Time (USA & Canada) | g |
| -8:00 | AKDT = Alaska Daylight Time (USA) YDT = Yukon Daylight Time (Canada) HADT = Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (USA) |
h |
| -9:00 | HDT = Hawaii Daylight Time (USA) | i |
| GMT offset |
Time Zone Abbreviations |
Military |
|---|---|---|
| +1:00 | BST = British Summer Time (UK) IST = Irish Summer Time (Ireland) WEDT = Western European Daylight Time WEST Western European Summer Time |
n |
| +2:00 | CEDT = Central European Daylight Time CEST = Central European Summer Time MEST = Middle European Summer Time MESZ = Middle European Summer Time SST = Swedish Summer Time (Sweden) FST = French Summer Time (France) |
o |
| +3:00 | EEDT = Eastern European Daylight Time EEST Eastern European Summer Time |
p |
| +8:00 | WADT = West Australian Daylight Time | |
| +11:00 | EADT = Eastern Australian Daylight Time EST = Eastern Summer (Daylight) Time (Australia) |
x |
| +13:00 | NZDT = New Zealand Daylight Time | n/a |
French Time Zone Abbreviations
HAA = Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique GMT-3
HAC = Heure Avancée du Centre GMT-5
HAE = Heure Avancée de l'Est GMT-4
HAP = Heure Avancée du Pacifique GMT-7
HAR = Heure Avancée des Rocheuses GMT-6
HAT = Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve GMT-2:30
HAY = Heure Avancée du Yukon GMT-8
HNA = Heure Normale de l'Atlantique GMT-4
HNC = Heure Normale du Centre GMT-6
HNE = Heure Normale de l'Est GMT-5
HNP = Heure Normale du Pacifique GMT-8
HNR = Heure Normale des Rocheuses GMT-7
HNT = Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve GMT-3:30
HNY = Heure Normale du Yukon GMT-9
German Time Zone Abbreviations
MESZ = Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit GMT+2
MEZ = Mitteleuropäische Zeit GMT+1
Non-standard Time Zones
ACDT Australian Central Daylight Time Australia GMT+10:30
ACST Australian Central Standard Time Australia GMT+9:30
CST Central Summer (Daylight) Time Australia GMT+10:30
CST Central Standard Time Australia GMT+9:30
IST = India Standard Time GMT+5:30
NDT Newfoundland Daylight Time (Canada) GMT-2:30
NFT Norfolk (Island) Time (Australia) GMT+11:30
NST Newfoundland Standard Time (Canada) GMT-3:30
Military Time Zones
The hourly zones are used by the military are referred to by a letter of the alphabet (or their phonetic equivalent).
The letter J is not used.
The other 25 letters cover the 12 time zones to the east of Greenwich and the 12 time zones to the west of Greenwich. The 25th zone is Z (Zulu) for GMT / UTC.
A - M are for time zones to the East of Greenwich
N - Y are for time zones to the West of Greenwich.
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