Time Zone Table
Created | Updated Sep 15, 2008
Many countries have DST (Daylight Saving Time) during the (local) summer. Rather than listing the researchers twice, once in the standard time zone, once in the daylight saving time zone, I've chosen to list them only in their standard time zone. In the table below, a DST time zone is always one step down from the standard time zone.
All DST zone codes have footnotes added to them, specifying exactly when they will change to standard time, and I've also added the code for the standard time for that zone. On 30 October 2005 most countries in the northern hemisphere will change from DST to standard time, and countries in the southern hemisphere will change from standard time to DST.
If you want your name added to this table, please post in a conversation over at U203563. Some researchers have even been kind enough to let us know at what time they can usually be expected to be online - you will find that information in the conversations on that user page.
TIME | ZONE | RESEARCHERS |
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GMT-11 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT-10 | HST | Hawaiian Standard Time |
GMT-9 | AKST | Alaska Standard Time |
GMT-8 | AKDT 1 | Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time - see AKST |
PST | ||
GMT-7 | MST | |
PTD 2 | Pacific Daylight Saving Time - see PST | |
GMT-6 | CST | |
MDT 3 | Mountain Daylight Saving Time - see MST | |
GMT-5 | CDT 4 | Central Daylight Saving Time - see CST |
EST | ||
GMT-4 | AST | Atlantic Standard Time |
EDT 5 | Eastern Daylight Saving Time - see EST | |
GMT-3 | ADT 6 | Atlantic Daylight Time - see AST |
GMT-2 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT-1 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT | GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
WET | Western Europe Time | |
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Iceland | |
GMT+1 | BST 7 | British Summer Time - see GMT |
CET | ||
IST 8 | Irish Summer Time - see GMT | |
WEST 9 | Western Europe Summer Time - see WET | |
GMT+2 | CEST 10 | Central Europe Summer Time - see CET |
EET |
Eastern Europe Time | |
GMT+3 | ![]() |
Bahrain |
EEST 11 | Eastern Europe Summer Time - see EET | |
MSK | Moscow Time | |
GMT+4 | MSD 12 | Moscow Summer Time - see MSK |
GMT+5 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT+6 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT+7 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT+8 | AWST 13 | |
GMT+9 | ![]() | ![]() |
GMT+9.5 | ACST | Australian Central Standard Time |
GMT+10 | AEST | |
GMT+10.5 | ACDT 14 | Australian Central Daylight Time - see ACST |
GMT+11 | AEDT 15 | Australian Eastern Daylight Time - see AEST |
GMT+12 | NZST | |
GMT+13 | NZDT 16 | New Zealand Daylight Savings Time - see NZST |
![]() | AMT |
AnonyMouse Time |
AKDT: Ends on 2 November 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
2
PTD: Ends on 2 November 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
3
MDT: Ends on 2 November 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
4
CDT: Starts on 4 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
5
EDT: Ends on 2 November 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
6
ADT: Ends on 2 November 2008 2:00 AM local time
7
BST: Ends on 26 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
8
IST: Starts on 4 30 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
9
WEST: Ends on 26 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
10
CEST: Ends on 26 October 2008 at 3:00 AM local time
11
EEST: Ends on 26 October at 04:00 AM local time
12
MSD: Ends on 25 October 2008 at 3:00 AM local time
13
AWST: Often AST, CST and WST are used instead, but these
time zones abbreviations could be confusing, because they are
used in North America as well
14
ACST: Starts on 4 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
15
AEST: Starts on 4 October 2008 at 2:00 AM local time
16
NZDT: Starts on 28 September 2008 at 02:00 AM local time