Time zone abbreviations
EST, IST, CET, AEST…
What each one means, and the time in it now.
An abbreviation always means one offset from UTC. The places that use it may not: New York is on EST in winter and EDT in summer. Each page says which, with the dates for 2026 and after.
| Zone | Name | Offset | In use | Time now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PST | Pacific Standard Time | UTC−8 | winter | 8:11 pm |
| MST | Mountain Standard Time | UTC−7 | winter | 9:11 pm |
| PDT | Pacific Daylight Time | UTC−7 | summer | 9:11 pm |
| CST | Central Standard Time | UTC−6 | winter | 10:11 pm |
| MDT | Mountain Daylight Time | UTC−6 | summer | 10:11 pm |
| CDT | Central Daylight Time | UTC−5 | summer | 11:11 pm |
| EST | Eastern Standard Time | UTC−5 | winter | 11:11 pm |
| EDT | Eastern Daylight Time | UTC−4 | summer | 12:11 am |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time | UTC+0 | winter | 4:11 am |
| UTC | Coordinated Universal Time | UTC+0 | reference | 4:11 am |
| BST | British Summer Time | UTC+1 | summer | 5:11 am |
| CET | Central European Time | UTC+1 | winter | 5:11 am |
| CEST | Central European Summer Time | UTC+2 | summer | 6:11 am |
| EET | Eastern European Time | UTC+2 | winter | 6:11 am |
| EEST | Eastern European Summer Time | UTC+3 | summer | 7:11 am |
| MSK | Moscow Time | UTC+3 | all year | 7:11 am |
| GST | Gulf Standard Time | UTC+4 | all year | 8:11 am |
| PKT | Pakistan Standard Time | UTC+5 | all year | 9:11 am |
| IST | India Standard Time | UTC+5:30 | all year | 9:41 am |
| AWST | Australian Western Standard Time | UTC+8 | all year | 12:11 pm |
| HKT | Hong Kong Time | UTC+8 | all year | 12:11 pm |
| SGT | Singapore Time | UTC+8 | all year | 12:11 pm |
| JST | Japan Standard Time | UTC+9 | all year | 1:11 pm |
| KST | Korea Standard Time | UTC+9 | all year | 1:11 pm |
| AEST | Australian Eastern Standard Time | UTC+10 | winter | 2:11 pm |
| AEDT | Australian Eastern Daylight Time | UTC+11 | summer | 3:11 pm |
| NZST | New Zealand Standard Time | UTC+12 | winter | 4:11 pm |
| NZDT | New Zealand Daylight Time | UTC+13 | summer | 5:11 pm |