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UTC Time

Coordinated Universal Time — the reference all time zones are defined against.

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UTC offsets in use right now

A UTC offset is how far a time zone is ahead (+) or behind (−) UTC. Offsets shift when regions switch to or from daylight saving time, so this table is computed live from the IANA time zone database.

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UTC offsets explained

Local time = UTC + offset. India uses UTC+5:30, so 12:00 UTC is 17:30 in Mumbai. New York uses UTC−5 in winter and UTC−4 during daylight saving time, so 12:00 UTC is 07:00 or 08:00 there. Offsets range from UTC−12 to UTC+14, and some zones use 30 or 45-minute offsets (for example Nepal, UTC+5:45).

Use the time zone converter to translate a specific time, or see every time zone.

UTC vs GMT

UTCGMT
What it isA time standard kept by atomic clocks worldwideA time zone (and historically, mean solar time at Greenwich)
Defined byInternational atomic time (TAI) plus leap secondsThe Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London
Daylight savingNeverNever — the UK switches to BST (GMT+1) in summer
Used forAviation, computing, science, the internet, UTC offsetsCivil time in the UK, Ireland, Portugal and parts of Africa in winter
DifferenceIn everyday use, GMT and UTC show the same time (they differ by under a second)

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