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Time zone abbreviations

Every abbreviation below is a fixed offset from UTC. Pick one to see what it stands for, the current time in it, which cities use it and how to convert it. Some abbreviations, such as CST and IST, mean more than one time zone.

AbbreviationNameUTC offset
HSTHawaii-Aleutian Standard TimeUTC-10
AKSTAlaska Standard TimeUTC-9
AKDTAlaska Daylight TimeUTC-8
PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC-8
PSTPhilippine Standard TimeUTC+8
MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC-7
PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC-7
CSTCentral Standard TimeUTC-6
CSTChina Standard TimeUTC+8
CSTCuba Standard TimeUTC-5
MDTMountain Daylight TimeUTC-6
CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC-5
CDTCuba Daylight TimeUTC-4
ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC-5
ASTAtlantic Standard TimeUTC-4
EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC-4
NSTNewfoundland Standard TimeUTC-3:30
ADTAtlantic Daylight TimeUTC-3
NDTNewfoundland Daylight TimeUTC-2:30
GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0
UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0
WETWestern European TimeUTC+0
BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1
CETCentral European TimeUTC+1
WATWest Africa TimeUTC+1
WESTWestern European Summer TimeUTC+1
CATCentral Africa TimeUTC+2
CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2
EETEastern European TimeUTC+2
SASTSouth Africa Standard TimeUTC+2
EATEast Africa TimeUTC+3
EESTEastern European Summer TimeUTC+3
IDTIsrael Daylight TimeUTC+3
MSKMoscow Standard TimeUTC+3
PKTPakistan Standard TimeUTC+5
ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30
ISTIrish Standard TimeUTC+1
ISTIsrael Standard TimeUTC+2
WIBWestern Indonesia TimeUTC+7
AWSTAustralian Western Standard TimeUTC+8
HKTHong Kong TimeUTC+8
WITACentral Indonesia TimeUTC+8
JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9
KSTKorea Standard TimeUTC+9
ACSTAustralian Central Standard TimeUTC+9:30
AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10
ACDTAustralian Central Daylight TimeUTC+10:30
AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11
NZSTNew Zealand Standard TimeUTC+12
NZDTNew Zealand Daylight TimeUTC+13