There are 25 integer World Time Zones from -12 through 0 (GMT) to +12. Each one is 15° of Longitude as measured East and West from the Prime Meridian of the World at Greenwich, England.
Each Time Zone is measured relative to Greenwich, England. There are both civilian designations which are typically three letter abbreviations (e.g. EST) for most time zones. In addition there are military designations. These use each letter of the alphabet (except 'i') and are known by their phonetic equivalent. E.G. Greenwich Mean Time (civilian) or z = Zulu (military and aviation).
If you want to know what time it is now anywhere in the world check out the Map of World Times by Alexander Krivenyshev. There are also local maps for USA, Europe, Australia and Russian Time Zone Map. Please beware the times may not be accurate as the server he uses is not synchronised! Pages will also have to be RELOADED or REFRESHED as they do not automatically update!
GMT |
Military |
Phonetic |
Civilian Time Zones |
Cities |
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+0:00 |
z |
Zulu |
GMT - Greenwich Mean UT or UTC - Universal (Co-ordinated) WET - Western European |
London, England Dublin, Ireland Edinburgh, Scotland Lisbon, Portugal Reykjavik, Iceland Casablanca, Morocco |
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-1:00 |
a |
Alpha |
WAT - West Africa | Azores, Cape Verde Islands |
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-2:00 |
b |
Bravo |
AT - Azores | |
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-3:00 |
c |
Charlie |
Brasilia, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina Georgetown, Guyana |
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-4:00 |
d |
Delta |
AST - Atlantic Standard | Caracas La Paz |
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-5:00 |
e |
Echo |
EST - Eastern Standard. | Bogota Lima, Peru New York, NY, USA |
|
-6:00 |
f |
Foxtrot |
CST - Central Standard | Mexico City, Mexico Saskatchewan, Canada |
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-7:00 |
g |
Golf |
MST - Mountain Standard. | |
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-8:00 |
h |
Hotel |
PST - Pacific Standard | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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-9:00 |
j |
Juliet |
YST - Yukon Standard. | |
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-10:00 |
k |
Kilo |
AHST - Alaska-Hawaii
Standard CAT - Central Alaska HST - Hawaii Standard EAST - East Australian Standard |
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-11:00 |
l |
Lima |
NT - Nome. | |
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-12:00 |
m |
Mike |
IDLW - International Date Line West | |
|
+1:00 |
n |
November |
CET - Central European FWT - French Winter MET - Middle European MEWT - Middle European Winter SWT - Swedish Winter. |
Paris, France Berlin, Germany Amsterdam, The Netherlands Brussels, Belgium Vienna, Austria Madrid, Spain Rome, Italy Bern, Switzerland Stockholm, Sweden Oslo, Norway |
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+2:00 |
o |
Oscar |
EET - Eastern European, Russia Zone 1 | Athens, Greece Helsinki, Finland Istanbul, Turkey Jerusalem, Israel Harare, Zimbabwe |
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+3:00 |
p |
Papa |
BT - Baghdad, Russia Zone 2 | Kuwait Nairobi, Kenya Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Moscow, Russia Tehran, Iran |
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+4:00 |
q |
Quebec |
ZP4 - Russia Zone 3 | Abu Dhabi, UAE Muscat Tblisi Volgograd Kabul |
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+5:00 |
r |
Romeo |
ZP5 - Chesapeake Bay | |
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+6:00 |
s |
Sierra |
ZP6 - Chesapeake Bay | |
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+7:00 |
t |
Tango |
WAST - West Australian Standard. | |
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+8:00 |
u |
Uniform |
CCT - China Coast, Russia Zone 7 | |
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+9:00 |
v |
Victor |
JST - Japan Standard, Russia Zone 8 | |
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+10:00 |
w |
Whiskey |
GST - Guam Standard, Russia Zone 9 | |
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+11:00 |
x |
X-ray |
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+12:00 |
y |
Yankee |
IDLE - International Date
Line East NZST - New Zealand Standard NZT - New Zealand |
Wellington, New Zealand Fiji Marshall Islands |
