January 19, 2004 WorldTime Chart-24Hour.bmp 2,221,110 bytes | World Time Chart 24 Hour Format (0-23) WorldTime Chart-12Hour.bmp 2,221,110 bytes | World Time Chart 12 Hour Format (AM/PM) ChartStarndardTime.bmp 812,754 bytes | black & white printing/cut&paste file WorldTime.txt | This File! Disclaimer: Ever country DOES NOT ADJUST FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. IT IS UP TO YOU TO CHECK AND VARIFY THE INFORMATION HEREIN AND PROVIDED ON THE CHARTS. Tip: You can delete the color (use white) for your time zone If you need to re-color for other time zones COLORS USED ARE STANDARD IN THE COLOR BOX BUT FOR THE TECHNO-GEEKS: RED: Hue:0 Sat: 240 Lum:120 Red:255 Green:0 Blue:0 YELLOW: Hue:40 Sat: 240 Lum:120 Red:255 Green:0 Blue:0 GREEN:: Hue:80 Sat: 240 Lum:120 Red:0 Green:255 Blue:0 LIGHT BLUE: Hue:120 Sat: 240 Lum:120 Red:0 Green:255 Blue: 255 WHITE: Hue:160 Sat: 0 Lum:240 Red:255 Green:255 Blue:255 BLACK: Hue:160 Sat: 0 Lum:0 Red:0 Green:0 Blue:0 CHART FONTS: Titles (TOP): Arial Black (Western) 12 Point Chart Text (in the chart): Small Fonts 7 Point Bold Text may have been squeezed to fit Bottom Text (under the chart): Arial Black (Western) 8 Point Text may have been sqeezed to fit To print in Paint Click: File -> Page Setup - Landscape (so will print on 8.5 x 11 sheet SIDEWAYS) Margins -> Left: 0.00 Right: 0.00 Top:0.00 Bottom:0.00 (OK if all margins are less then .25 but Click on File - Print Preview to see how chart is going to be printed) Click OK Then: File -> Print -> Click OK NOTE: For better quality printing job, print onto INKJET paper or photo paper so that the colors will not absorb together. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The following comes from: http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/fun/conversions/worldtime.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD TIME ZONE ABBREVIATIONS UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) defines the universal time zone, to which all the other time zones are relative. UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It observes no Daylight Saving Time (summer time). UT (Universal Time) is based on the Earth's rotation, and often used in Astronomy. TAI (International Atomic Time) is based on atomic clocks. The military of many nations refer to time zones as letters, for example: Z (Zulu) = Zero Meridian (UTC or GMT). The other letters / words for different timezones are listed below. A to M moves eastwards and N to Y moves westwards. The letter J is skipped because J (Juliet) refers to current local time of the observer. The International Date Line (the place where a new day / 24 hours starts / ends) is between time zones M and Y. Time zone common names are also listed, with examples of citys, countries, areas included in each time zone. CODE WORD UTC/GMT OFFSET NAME INCLUDES Y Yankee UTC -12 hours IDLW - International Date Line West Pacific Ocean nations X Xray UTC -11 hours NT - Nome Pacific Ocean nations W Whisky UTC -10 hours HST - Hawaiian Standard Time Hawaii V Victor UTC -9 hours AKST - Alaska Standard Time Alaska, Yukon U Uniform UTC -8 hours PST - Pacific Standard Time Pacific USA, British Columbia T Tango UTC -7 hours MST - Mountain Standard Time Mountain USA, Alberta S Sierra UTC -6 hours CST - Central Standard Time Central USA, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Central America R Romeo UTC -5 hours EST - Eastern Standard Time Eastern USA, Ontario, Quebec Q Quebec UTC -4 hours AST - Atlantic Standard Time Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Caracas, La Paz P Papa UTC -3 hours Greenland, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Georgetown (Guyana) O Oscar UTC -2 hours AT - Azores Azores N November UTC -1 hour WAT - West Africa Cape Verdes Islands, Atlantic Ocean Z Zulu SAME AS UTC GMT - Greenwich Mean Time Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Reykjavik (Iceland), Western Africa A Alpha UTC +1 hour CET - Central Europe Time Western Europe, Algeria, Nigeria, Angola B Bravo UTC +2 hours EET - Eastern Europe Time Finland, Eastern Europe, Balkans, Libya, Egypt, South Africa C Charlie UTC +3 hours MSK - Moscow Time Moscow, Baghdad, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania D Delta UTC +4 hours ZP4 - Russia Zone 3 Samara (Russia) E Echo UTC +5 hours ZP5 - Russia Zone 4 Yekaterinburg (Russia) F Foxtrot UTC +6 hours ZP6 - Russia Zone 5 Omsk (Russia), Bangladesh G Golf UTC +7 hours WAST - West Australian Standard Krasnoyarsk (Russia, Zone 6), Western Indonesia H Hotel UTC +8 hours WST - Western Standard Time Western Australia, Irkutsk (Russia, Zone 7), China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Central Indonesia I India UTC +9 hours JST - Japan Standard Time Japan, Yakutsk (Russia, Zone 8), Korea, Eastern Indonesia K Kilo UTC +10 hours AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Eastern Australia, Vladivostok (Russia, Zone 9), Papua New Guinea L Lima UTC +11 hours Magadan (Russia) M Mike UTC +12 hours NZST - New Zealand Standard Kamchatka (Russia), Fiji, New Zealand, Marshall Islands IDLE - International Date Line East ADJUSTING FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Daylight Saving Time (or Summer Time) is a modification of standard time by advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. This change makes the sunset and sunrise one hour later than during normal time. The purpose of this alteration is so that people can enjoy more daylight in the evening hours (and save power needed for artificial lighting after dark). Clocks are adjusted one hour ahead when DST begins in the spring, and moved one hour back to standard time in the autumn (an easy way to remember this is "spring ahead, fall back"). So during the months of March or April through September or October, countries in the northern hemisphere may observe DST. During the months of September or October through March or April, countries in the southern hemisphere may observe DST. Some countries / states observe Daylight Saving Time and others do not. The chart below will help you adjust for Daylight Saving Time. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ADT Atlantic Daylight Saving Time (GMT -3 hours) EDT Eastern Daylight Saving Time (GMT -4 hours) CDT Central Daylight Saving Time (GMT -5 hours) MDT Mountain Daylight Saving Time (GMT -6 hours) PDT Pacific Daylight Saving Time (GMT -7 hours) AKDT Alaska Daylight Saving Time (GMT -8 hours) Hawaii doesn't adjust for Daylight Saving EUROPE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BST British Summer Time (GMT +1 hour) IST Irish Summer Time (GMT +1 hour) WEST Western Europe Summer Time (GMT +1 hour) CEST Central Europe Summer Time (GMT +2 hours) EEST Eastern Europe Summer Time (GMT +3 hours) MSD Moscow Summer Time (GMT +4 hours) AUSTRALIA AEST Eastern Standard/Summer Time (GMT +11 hours in summer)