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UTC Offset Table

Every UTC offset from −12:00 to +14:00, with the current time and representative places.

This table lists every UTC offset currently in use, from UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00, with the time at each and a representative place. Your own offset is highlighted. The range spans twenty-six hours rather than twenty-four, which surprises people until you realise that the date line is a political boundary, not a straight one.

Why the range exceeds 24 hours

Some Pacific nations chose offsets that put them first into each new day. Kiribati's Line Islands sit at UTC+14:00, while Baker Island sits at UTC−12:00, so at some instants three different calendar dates exist on Earth at once. The full story is in the UTC offsets guide.

Offsets shift, zones persist

Places observing daylight saving move up one row for part of the year. That is why an offset alone never identifies a location, and why a zone identifier is the right thing to record. See half-hour and quarter-hour zones for the offsets that are not whole hours at all.

Guides about UTC Offsets

Time zones explained Half-Hour Time Zones and Quarter-Hour Offsets: Why Some Clocks Sit Off the Hour India, Nepal, Newfoundland and the Chatham Islands keep clocks that are thirty or forty-five minutes off the hour. Where those offsets came from, and the bugs they still reveal. 5 min read Reference tables UTC Offsets Explained: The Full Range From UTC−12 to UTC+14 A reference guide to UTC offsets: the full range from UTC−12 to UTC+14, why it spans more than a day, the places at each extreme, and why an offset is not a time zone. 5 min read Time zones explained UTC vs GMT: The Difference Between Atomic Time and Solar Time One is an atomic time standard kept in step with the Earth by leap seconds, the other is mean solar time at Greenwich. When each term is correct, and why they are not interchangeable. 5 min read

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Frequently asked questions

What is the largest UTC offset?
UTC+14:00, used by the Line Islands in Kiribati, which are the first inhabited places to enter each new day.
Are all offsets whole hours?
No. Several are 30 minutes off, such as India at UTC+05:30, and a few are 45 minutes off, including Nepal at UTC+05:45 and the Chatham Islands at UTC+12:45.
Does this table change with daylight saving?
The listed offsets are standard-time offsets. Places currently observing daylight saving are effectively one row higher for that part of the year.