24TimeZones.com World Time Clock & Map 24 timezones Select a city, country or timezone e.g. India, London, Japan World Time Time Zones Time Converter Maps Why 24timezones? Contact Us Announce event! EN ES PT FR IT DE PL UK RU ZH JA NL SV FI DA TR TH ID RO KO VI World Time Clock — what time is it around the world? Customizable world clock with seconds & World time zones LOADING London 16:24 Tokyo 01:24 New York 11:24 01:24:34 Tokyo, Japan Thursday November 25, 2021 © 24TimeZones.com New! Announce meeting time across different time zones Get a FREE online clock for your website or blog! New! Time converter - easy way to compare time between different timezones About Our World Time & Map Our World Time Clock & Map has two views. It is an indispensable utility for time difference calculation. To compare time in different locations, click on “Settings” button on the top-right. Our Global Timezone Map displays the time now around the world. The map also reflects the daylight, night and midnight in real-time. Customize the World Clock for setting up online conferences in different locations of the world and share the most convenient time to call. Our users most often convert time from these locations India 954PM California 824AM New York 1124AM London 424PM Sydney 324AM China 1224AM Tokyo 124AM Berlin 524PM General Information About World Time and Date World Time Zones Earth is split up into a number of timezones. Most timezones are exactly one hour apart, and by convention compute their local time as an offset from UTC or GMT. In many locations, these offsets vary twice yearly due to DST transitions. Every country may have a particular standard time zone though, if it is more convenient for its world cooperation. The standard time zone is a region where the local or national authorities unify the time for a particular goal. The time zones obey specific rules referring to longitude. Complete guide on world time zones Why do we have time zones? How many time zones are there in the world? GMT and UTC The implementation of Greenwich Mean Time was the first step to determine the time zone of other countries in regard to GMT+0, while the concept of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) was designed to provide a more accurate timekeeping system. Nevertheless, both of these time standards are widely used in the world for a similar purpose of time coordination. The differences in the terminology of GMT and UTC still create confusion in international cooperation. Even though UTC was introduced as a more accurate time standard, the occurrence of the leap seconds demonstrated the flaws for the universal time synchronisation. Learn more about the difference between GMT and UTC Daylight Saving Time The concept of Daylight Saving Time (DST) was proposed by Benjamin Franklin and refers to advancing the standard time within the region or zone by one hour to enhance the duration of daytime. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour in spring and backwards in autumn. Consequently, a location observing UTC+3 during standard time is at UTC+4 during DST; a location at UTC−6 during standard time is at UTC−5 during DST. Clock shifts are usually scheduled on weekends to lessen disruption of weekday schedules. How Daylight Saving Time works The impact of DST AM/PM These abbreviations are used to identify the time in the 12-hour clock format instead of using 24 hours. Considering that day has two cycles, AM and PM denote whether it is before or after the middle of a day. AM/PM within the 12-hour time format is not effective way to indicate the precise time. There might be confusion regarding the time of a day as well as it can mislead in the date when midnight is not properly indicated. Considering that legal and other formal standards require the use of 24-hour convention. What do AM and PM mean? 12 vs 24 hours 24timezones — your World Time Buddy Our service was founded in 2005 to help people around the world save their time when planning travels, business trips, online events or conference calls. Currently 24timezones provides such services as website clock widgets, time converter, event countdown and many others for millions of people around the world and in twelve languages. Our mission is to help people manage their time efficiently by providing trustworthy information for all locations in the world only from reliable sources. You can get more information about our values, data sources, story and user community on the “About us” page. World Clock Time Zone Map Europe Time Map Australia Time Map US Time Map Canada Time Map World Time Directory World Map Free Clocks Contact Us World Clock and Time Zones Map Online — Check Current Local Time in any country and major cities of your choice. Get free online HTML clock for your website. Copyright © 2005 - 2021 24TimeZones.com. All rights reserved.