The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local solar time, at a particular place. This difference is expressed with respect to UTC and is generally shown in the format ±[hh]:[mm] , ±[hh][mm] , or ±[hh] . So if the time being described is two hours ahead of UTC (such as in Kigali , Rwanda [approximately 30° E]), the UTC offset would be "+02:00", "+0200", or simply "+02".
4-768: UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo , Burma , Hong Kong , Dutch East Indies , Malaya , Philippines , Singapore , and French Indochina , it was used as a common time with Tokyo until the fall of the Empire of Japan . Principal cities: Tokyo , Osaka , Nagoya , Fukuoka , Yokohama , Sapporo , Hiroshima , Kyoto , Seoul , Busan , Daegu , Gwangju , Ulsan , Incheon , Pyeongyang , Yakutsk , Koror , Dili , Jayapura , Ambon This concerns areas within 127°30′ E and 142°30′ E longitude. UTC offset By convention, every inhabited place in
8-471: Is an amount of time subtracted from or added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time to specify the local solar time (which may not be the current civil time , whether it is standard time or daylight saving time ). Several regions of the world use daylight saving time (DST) and the UTC offset during this season is typically obtained by adding one hour to local standard time. Central European Time UTC+01:00
12-457: The prime meridian (meaning a one-hour change in solar time), in practice local geographical or political considerations may vary its application. The most extreme example of this is time in China , which applies a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ), even though China spans five geographical time zones . The UTC offset (or time offset )
16-429: The world has a UTC offset that is a multiple of 15 minutes but the majority of offsets are stated in whole hours. There are many cases where the national standard time uses a time zone that differs from the UTC offset appropriate to its longitude. A time zone is a geographical region in which residents observe the same standard time . Although nominally a new time zone is established every 15 degrees east or west of
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