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 


+Examples of the difference between local standard time and UTCLocationLongitudeUTC offsetWhen UTC time is 12:00,local standard time is:When local time is 12:00,UTC time isAccra, Ghana0° 12' WUTC+00:0012:0012:00Mogadishu, Somalia45° 20′ EUTC+03:0015:0009:00Dhaka, Bangladesh90° 23′ EUTC+06:0018:0006:00Manila, Philippines120° 58' EUTC+08:0020:0004:00Koror, Palau134°29′EUTC+09:0021:0003:00Suva, Fiji178° 27′ EUTC+12:0000:0000:00Honolulu, United States157° 51 WUTC−10:0002:0022:00Guatemala City, Guatemala90° 32' WUTC−06:0006:0018:00Brasília, Brazil47° 53' WUTC-03:0009:0015:00

 Daylight saving time 

 Related pages 
 ISO 8601 – international standard for representing dates and times.

 Other websites 
 time.gov (US)
 Time Service Dept., U.S. Naval Observatory 


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