Time zone FAQ

The exact time depends on where you are. The box at the top of this page shows your local time, read from your device. For the exact time synced with internet time, or for any other place, open the live clock and search for a city.

AM is from midnight to 11:59 in the morning, PM is from 12:00 noon to 11:59 at night. The box above tells you whether it is AM or PM where you are. Right now it is 8:46 PM in UTC, so the answer is different in every time zone.

A simple rule most people use: morning is 5 AM to 12 noon, afternoon is 12 noon to 5 PM, evening is 5 PM to 9 PM and night is 9 PM to 5 AM. The box above shows which part of the day it is for you.

Today's date depends on your time zone, because a new day starts at midnight local time. Right now it is Monday, November 9, 2026 in UTC. The box above shows your own date.

ClockDen compares your device clock with internet time servers when the page opens and corrects any difference, so the clock is usually right to within a fraction of a second, even if your computer's clock is wrong.

A time zone is an area that uses the same clock time. Each one is a set number of hours (sometimes plus 30 or 45 minutes) ahead of or behind UTC, the world's reference time. Places in the same time zone always show the same time.

Right now 37 different UTC offsets are in use, from UTC-11:00 to UTC+14:00. The number changes slightly during the year because some places move their clocks for daylight saving time. See the time in every country.

For everyday use they show the same time. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the modern world standard, kept by atomic clocks. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the older name and is also the winter time zone of the UK. UTC time now.

It means the local time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. India uses UTC+5:30, so when it is 12:00 noon in UTC it is 5:30 PM in India. A minus sign, like UTC-5, means behind UTC.

Some countries chose a time that fits the sun better in their part of the world. India (UTC+5:30), Iran (UTC+3:30), Newfoundland in Canada (UTC-3:30) and parts of Australia use half hours; Nepal (UTC+5:45) and New Zealand's Chatham Islands use 45 minutes.

France, with 12 time zones once its overseas territories around the world are counted. Russia has the most within one stretch of land, with 11 time zones. The United States has 6 in its 50 states.

Canada has 6 time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland Time. Most of Saskatchewan stays on Central Standard Time all year. Time in Canada now.

The United States has 6 time zones in its 50 states: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian Time. Time in the USA now.

Australia has 3 main time zones: Western, Central and Eastern. Two small areas, Lord Howe Island and Eucla, keep their own local time. Time in Australia now.

Most of Brazil, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, uses Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-03:00). Brazil has 4 time zones in total and does not use daylight saving time. Time in Brazil now.

Bulgaria uses Eastern European Time: UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer. Right now it is on EET (UTC+02:00), and the clocks go forward on Sunday, 28 March 2027. Time in Bulgaria now.

No. All of India uses one time zone, India Standard Time (IST, UTC+05:30), and it does not change for daylight saving. IST time now.

Right now India is 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of Toronto and Ottawa, and 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of Vancouver. The gap is one hour bigger in the Canadian winter, because India does not change its clocks. Convert a time.

Right now India is 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York and 13 hours 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles. In the American winter the gap is one hour bigger. IST to EST converter.

Daylight saving time (DST, also called summer time) means moving the clocks forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn, so evenings stay light for longer. Many countries in North America, Europe and the south of Australia use it; most of Asia and Africa do not.

Clocks in most of the USA go forward one hour on Sunday, 14 March 2027, at 2:00 AM local time. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not change.

Clocks in the UK and the European Union go forward one hour on Sunday, 28 March 2027. The change happens at the same moment everywhere: 1:00 AM UTC.

Clocks in New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia go back one hour on Sunday, 4 April 2027. Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not change.

No. India stays on IST (UTC+05:30) all year. That is why the time difference between India and the USA, UK or Europe changes by one hour twice a year: they move their clocks, India does not.

Most of Arizona stays on Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00) all year, because extra evening daylight is not wanted in its hot climate. In summer it has the same time as California; in winter the same time as Denver. The Navajo Nation in Arizona does change its clocks. Time in Phoenix.

Use the Time Zone Converter: pick a city or zone (like EST or IST), set the time, and add the places you want. It handles daylight saving time for any date.

Use the Meeting Planner. Add the cities of everyone in the meeting and it shows the hours that are inside normal working time for all of them.

On the live clock, press the Full screen button (or the F key) and choose 12h or 24h. Keyboard shortcuts: F for full screen, H for 12/24 hours, S to show or hide seconds, T to change the colour.

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