Timezone Table

Time Zone Table

In the solar calculator, you will need to know the number of hours from local time to UTC. This should be easy enough. Just use the numbers from the chart below. Use the following convention: Western Hemisphere uses Positive time zone numbers. As shown in the table below:

Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
Hour
Off-Set: Location: Hour
Off-Set: Location:

0 Greenwich, England -1 Mid Europe/Africa

1 SE Greenland -2 E Europe, E Central Africa

2 Atlantic Ocean -3 Moscow, Mid-East, E Africa

3 Greenland Time -4 NW Caspian Sea

3.5 Newfoundland Time -5 Ural Mountains, Russia

4 Atlantic Time -6 Almaty (Alma ATA), Russia

5 Eastern Standard Time -7 W Mongolia

6 Central Standard Time -8 China

7 Mountain Standard Time -9 Japan

8 Pacific Standard Time -10 Eastern Russia
Sydney, Australia

9 Alaska Time -11 Kamchatskiy, E Russia

10 Hawaii -3.5 Iran

11 Pacific Ocean -4.5 Afghanistan

+/-12 International Date Line -5.5 India

-6.5 Burma

-9.5 Mid Australia

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Western Hemisphere		Eastern Hemisphere
Hour Off-Set:	Location:	Hour Off-Set:	Location:
`0`	Greenwich, England	`-1`	Mid Europe/Africa
`1`	SE Greenland	`-2`	E Europe, E Central Africa
`2`	Atlantic Ocean	`-3`	Moscow, Mid-East, E Africa
`3`	Greenland Time	`-4`	NW Caspian Sea
`3.5`	Newfoundland Time	`-5`	Ural Mountains, Russia
`4`	Atlantic Time	`-6`	Almaty (Alma ATA), Russia
`5`	Eastern Standard Time	`-7`	W Mongolia
`6`	Central Standard Time	`-8`	China
`7`	Mountain Standard Time	`-9`	Japan
`8`	Pacific Standard Time	`-10`	Eastern Russia Sydney, Australia
`9`	Alaska Time	`-11`	Kamchatskiy, E Russia
`10`	Hawaii	`-3.5`	Iran
`11`	Pacific Ocean	`-4.5`	Afghanistan
`+/-12`	International Date Line	`-5.5`	India
		`-6.5`	Burma
		`-9.5`	Mid Australia