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For example, current Vladivostok standard time is UTC+11.<BR> <B>-08:00</B> or <B>UTC-08:00/GMT-08:00</B> - mean that current place is <B>8 hours behind</B> of UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). For example, San Francisco standard time (PST) is UTC-08.</P> <OL> <BR> <LI>Some places/countries use time offsets not an integral number of hours from UTC/GMT. <BR> <UL> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">Examples: </FONT><BR> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1293"> Newfoundland (Canada)</A> is UTC/GMT - 03:30 (summer -02:30) <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1327">Australia (Northern Territory)</A> is +09:30 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1312">Australia (South Australia)</A> is + 09:30 (summer +10:30) <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=14799">India</A> is +05:30 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4066">Iran</A> is +03:30 (summer +04:30) <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=5976">Afghanistan</A> is +04:30 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=5028">Burma (Myanmar)</A> is + 06:30 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42224">Marquises Islands</A> is - 09:30 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42217">Lord Howe Island (Australia)</A> is + 10:30 (summer +11:00)<BR> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=6643&forma=">Sri Lanka</A> is +05:30 </UL> <BR> <LI>Some places use quarter / hour offset from UTC/GMT. <BR> <UL> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">Examples: </FONT><BR> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4592">Nepal</A> is UTC/GMT +05:45 <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42218">Chatham Island (New Zealand)</A> is UTC/GMT + 12:45 (summer UTC/GMT + 13:45 or winter in the northern hemisphere). <LI TYPE="square">Western Australia, Eyre Highway towns: <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42272">Eucla</A>, <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42273">Caiguna</A>, <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42274">Madura</A>, <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42275">Mundrabilla</A> and Border Village (South Australia) use UTC/GMT +08:45 </UL> <BR><BR> <LI>Usual Daylight Saving Time (Summer time) rule is- altering the clocks ahead by one hour. <BR> <UL> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">There is an exception: </FONT><BR> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42217">Lord Howe Island (Australia)</A> advances its clocks by half an hour in the summer. <BR> Lord Howe Island is UTC/GMT + 10:30 during local winter and <BR> UTC/GMT +11:00 during local summer. </UL> <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-australia24.php">Australia</A> has both horizontal and vertical time zones in summer. <BR><BR> <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzsearch.php?CoID=14&ReID=3&type=listreg&country=Queensland&forma=Find Time">Queensland</A>, <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzsearch.php?CoID=14&ReID=7&type=listreg&country=Northern Territory&forma=Find Time">Northern Territory</A> and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzsearch.php?CoID=14&ReID=6&type=listreg&country=Western Australia&forma=Find Time">Western Australia</A> do not observe DST. Middle of Australia (Northern Territory and South Australia) use half an hour offset from nearby Western Australia and eastern states of Australia. <BR><BR> Additionally, Northern Territory does not use DST and South Australia does. <BR><BR> In this instance, for example, two places Nullarbor and Darwin, located in relatively same longitude in the middle of Australia have the same time during local winter (1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Perth time, Western Australia). <BR><BR> However, during local summer, Nullarbor and Darwin maintain 1 hour difference.<BR> <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1327">Darwin</A> is 1 hour and 30 minutes minutes ahead of <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1323">Perth</A> time and <BR> <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1312">Nullarbor</A> is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Perth time (Western Australia).<BR><BR> <LI>Prior to 1995, International Date Line split the country of Kiribati. The result was that the eastern part of Kiribati was a whole day and two hours behind the western part of the country where its capital is located. <BR> In 1995 Kiribati decided to move the International Date Line far to the east- which placed the entire country into the same day. <BR> <UL> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42119">Kiribati is UTC/GMT +12:00 (Tarawa)</A> <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42215">UTC/GMT +13:00 (Phoenix Islands)</A> and <LI TYPE="square"><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42216">UTC/GMT +14:00 (Christmas Islands)</A>. </UL><BR> Now <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42216">eastern Kiribati</A> and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1221">Hawaii</A>, which are located in the approximately same area of longitude, are a whole day apart. <BR><BR> <LI>If two places are located in the northern hemisphere and both places use DST- for example <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=6580">Amsterdam (Netherlands)</A> and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=10182">New York (USA)</A> the time difference between those two places <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">can be 1 hour offset</FONT> during a year. <BR> This takes place because <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-europe24.php">Europe</A> shifts to DST on the last Sunday in March and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-usa12.php">U.S.A.</A> goes to DST on the second Sunday in March - the time difference between New York and Amsterdam most time of the year is + 06 hours (Amsterdam time is 6 hours ahead of New York time), <BR> however for a few weeks in the spring and autumn- the time difference is + 05 hours. <BR> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">Same situation can be applied between most of the cities in Europe and North American cities during that week.</FONT> <BR><BR> <LI>If two places are located in opposite hemispheres and both places use DST- the time difference between those two places <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">can be 1-3 hours offset</FONT> during a year. <BR> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">For example</FONT><BR> <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtztable.php?calldate=05-22-2005&select1=10182&select2=3508&select3=0&forma=">New York</A> (northern hemisphere) and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtztable.php?calldate=05-22-2005&select1=10182&select2=3508&select3=0&forma=">Chile</A> (southern hemisphere) could have:<BR> <UL> <LI TYPE="square">  0 hours difference (time is the same in both places) <LI TYPE="square">- 1 hour (Chile time is 1 hour behind NYC time) and <LI TYPE="square">- 2 hours (Chile time is 2 hours behind NYC time)<BR><BR> </UL> A similar example is the time difference between local time in <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtztable.php?calldate=05-22-2005&select1=10182&select2=1307&select3=0&forma=">New York</A> and local time in <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtztable.php?calldate=05-22-2005&select1=10182&select2=1307&select3=0&forma=">Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)</A>. Rio de Janeiro time <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">could be +1, +2 or +3 hours</FONT> ahead of New York time depending on the time of the year. <BR><BR> <LI>Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) usually do not observe Daylight Saving Time as the duration of day / night are very much the same - 12 hours. <BR> However <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=12953">Fiji</A> UTC/GMT+12:00 and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42129">Samoa (Apia)</A> UTC/GMT +13:00 are observing DST.<BR><BR> <LI>Although <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-russia24.php">Russia</A> is geographically spread over 12 time zones, it officially observes only 9 time zones (from march 2010). <BR><BR> <LI>Usually, when one travels in an easterly direction - a different time zone is crossed every 15 degrees of longitude (which is equal to one hour in time). <br> However, the are exceptions. <br> <font style="font-size: 12; font-family: arial; color: ff0000;">For example,</font><br> Since <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4364">Japan</A> is located to the east of <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4726">Vladivostok</A> (southern part of Russian Far East) one would assume that Japan time would be either similar or ahead of Vladivostok time. <br> In this case the situation is completely opposite: Japan time is 2 hours behind Vladivostok time. <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=17743">Mongolia</A> once used to have 3 time zones- now it uses one time zone UTC/GMT + 08:00. <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=3518">China</A> observes one time zone UTC/GMT + 08:00 - which makes this time zone uncommonly wide. In the extreme western part of China the sun is at its highest point at 15:00, in the extreme eastern part - at 11:00. <BR><BR> <LI>"Daylight Saving Time" (DST) is the name commonly used in North America. Some regions (Europe, South America) more commonly use the name "Summer Time". This could create some confusion in the meaning of some <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/wtz-names/timezonenames.html">timezone abbreviations</A>, as ST could stand for "Summer Time" +1 hour (Europe, South America) and for "Standard Time" (North America). <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1250">Brazil</A> sets its Summer time by decree every year. Some states / counties observe Summer time on a year to year basis. <BR><BR> <LI>The state of <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=7042">Arizona</A> does not observe DST. However the <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-usa12.php">Navajo Reservation (see USA map)</A> does change to Daylight time. The Hopi Reservation is within the Navajo Reservation and does not observe DST (as rest of the state). <BR><BR> <LI>Some countries use different rules to start and end DST. For example, a law in <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=6476">Israel</A> requires that summer must last at least 150 days. <BR><BR> <LI>Greenwich time (Greenwich Lab is located in London) has the same time as London time during winter time, however <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=12008">London</A> is 1 hour ahead of GMT during summer time. <BR><BR> <LI>The military of some nations refer to time zones as letters, for example: <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/utc/utc.html">Z (Zulu) = Zero Meridian (UTC or GMT)</A>. Letters <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/utc/utc+0100.html">A</A> to <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/utc/utc+1200.html">M</A> moves eastwards and <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/utc/utc-0100.html">N</A> to <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/utc/utc-1200.html">Y</A> moves westwards. The letter J (Juliet) is skipped and refers to current local time of the observer. <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time-antarctica24.php">Antarctica Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station</A> use <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=6593">New Zealand</A>'s time zone +12:00 hours during local winter and +13:00 hours - during local summer (which is winter in the northern hemisphere). <BR><BR> <LI>The International Space Station uses <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/wtz-names/wtz-utc.html">UTC/GMT</A>. <BR><BR> <LI><A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/dst_news/">News</A> for Daylight Saving Time and Time changes around the World. <BR><BR> <LI>Mobile <A CLASS=WTZ HREF="/4g.html">4G LTE World Coverage Map</A> - LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, 3G, GSM Country List. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br>  </td> <td width="300" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="RIGHT" valign="TOP" bgcolor="ffffff"> <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td wrap align=center> <script type="text/javascript"> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6054677678503650"; google_ad_slot = "3988568917"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 600; </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> <br> <table valign=top border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=300> <TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"> <td width="300" align="LEFT" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#E9E9E9">  <div id="rcjsload_9b374a"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); var rcel = document.createElement("script"); rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; rcel.src = "//trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=81868&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+referer; rcel.async = true; var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_9b374a"); rcds.appendChild(rcel); })(); </script>  </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table valign=top border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=300> <TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"> <td width="300" align="LEFT" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#E9E9E9">  <script type="text/javascript" src="//ap.lijit.com/www/delivery/fpi.js?z=309671&u=WorldTimeZone&width=300&height=250"></script>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="860" colspan="2" valign="top" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <BR> <CENTER> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <br>  <table valign=top border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=2 width=640 class=kvadrat4> <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="ffffff"> <td> <A href="//m.worldtimezone.com/m-index12.php" class="wtzsmall">Mobile</a> | <A href="/sitemap.html" class="wtzsmall">Sitemap</a> | <A href="/awards.html" class="wtzsmall">Awards / Media</a> | <A href="/guestbook-wtz.html" class="wtzsmall">Guestbook</a> | <A href="/privacy.html" class="wtzsmall">Privacy</a> | <A href="/worldtimezone.html" class="wtzsmall">About WorldTimeZone.com</a> | <A href="/travel.html" class="wtzsmall">Travel Photos</a> | <A href="/index_email.php" class="wtzsmall">Contact</a> <br> <font>Copyright © WorldTimeZone.com. 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