There is ony one Unix time and it is created by using the UTC time zone. This means you might have convert time zones to calculate timestamps. Most programming language have libraries to help you converting time zones, calculating by hand might not be a good idea because of the variety of time zones en daylight saving times. But here's a list of time zones and offset in seconds.
Convert epoch to different time zones
Time zones
The 'Converted Timestamp' column shows the time for Unix timestamp 1328492107 (= current time).
This is not a complete list of all time zones in the world (nor does it show all daylight saving/summer times).
| Name | Description | Converted Timestamp 1328492107 |
Relative to GMT |
Offset In seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hemisphere | ||||
| MIT | Midway Islands Time | Feb 05 2012 14:35:07 | GMT-11:00 | -39600 |
| HAST | Hawaii Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 15:35:07 | GMT-10:00 | -36000 |
| AKST | Alaska Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 16:35:07 | GMT-9:00 | -32400 |
| AKDT | Alaska Daylight Saving Time | Feb 05 2012 17:35:07 | GMT-8:00 | -28800 |
| PST | Pacific Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 17:35:07 | GMT-8:00 | -28800 |
| PDT | Pacific Daylight Saving Time | Feb 05 2012 18:35:07 | GMT-7:00 | -25200 |
| MST | Mountain Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 18:35:07 | GMT-7:00 | -25200 |
| MDT | Mountain Daylight Saving Time | Feb 05 2012 19:35:07 | GMT-6:00 | -21600 |
| CST | Central Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 19:35:07 | GMT-6:00 | -21600 |
| CDT | Central Daylight Saving Time | Feb 05 2012 20:35:07 | GMT-5:00 | -18000 |
| EST | Eastern Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 20:35:07 | GMT-5:00 | -18000 |
| EDT | Eastern Daylight Saving Time | Feb 05 2012 21:35:07 | GMT-4:00 | -14400 |
| PRT | Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Time | Feb 05 2012 21:35:07 | GMT-4:00 | -14400 |
| CNT | Canada Newfoundland Time | Feb 05 2012 22:05:07 | GMT-3:30 | -12600 |
| AGT | Argentina Standard Time | Feb 05 2012 22:35:07 | GMT-3:00 | -10800 |
| BET | Brazil Eastern Time | Feb 05 2012 22:35:07 | GMT-3:00 | -10800 |
| CAT | Central African Time | Feb 06 2012 00:35:07 | GMT-1:00 | -3600 |
| UTC/GMT | Universal Coordinated Time Greenwich Mean Time |
Feb 06 2012 01:35:07 | GMT | +0 |
| WET | Western European Time | Feb 06 2012 01:35:07 | GMT+0:00 | +0 |
| WEST | Western European Summer Time | Feb 06 2012 02:35:07 | GMT+1:00 | +3600 |
| Eastern Hemisphere | ||||
| CET | Central European Time | Feb 06 2012 02:35:07 | GMT+1:00 | +3600 |
| CEST | Central European Summer Time | Feb 06 2012 03:35:07 | GMT+2:00 | +7200 |
| EET | Eastern European Time | Feb 06 2012 03:35:07 | GMT+2:00 | +7200 |
| EEST | Eastern European Summer Time | Feb 06 2012 04:35:07 | GMT+3:00 | +10800 |
| ART | (Arabic) Egypt Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 03:35:07 | GMT+2:00 | +7200 |
| EAT | Eastern African Time | Feb 06 2012 04:35:07 | GMT+3:00 | +10800 |
| MET | Middle East Time | Feb 06 2012 05:05:07 | GMT+3:30 | +12600 |
| NET | Near East Time | Feb 06 2012 05:35:07 | GMT+4:00 | +14400 |
| PLT | Pakistan Lahore Time | Feb 06 2012 06:35:07 | GMT+5:00 | +18000 |
| IST | India Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 07:05:07 | GMT+5:30 | +19800 |
| BST | Bangladesh Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 07:35:07 | GMT+6:00 | +21600 |
| ICT | Indochina Time | Feb 06 2012 08:35:07 | GMT+7:00 | +25200 |
| CTT | China Taiwan Time | Feb 06 2012 09:35:07 | GMT+8:00 | +28800 |
| AWST | Australia Western Time | Feb 06 2012 09:35:07 | GMT+8:00 | +28800 |
| JST | Japan Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 10:35:07 | GMT+9:00 | +32400 |
| ACST | Australia Central Time | Feb 06 2012 11:05:07 | GMT+9:30 | +34200 |
| AEST | Australia Eastern Time | Feb 06 2012 11:35:07 | GMT+10:00 | +36000 |
| SST | Solomon Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 12:35:07 | GMT+11:00 | +39600 |
| NZST | New Zealand Standard Time | Feb 06 2012 13:35:07 | GMT+12:00 | +43200 |
| NZST | New Zealand Daylight Saving Time | Feb 06 2012 14:35:07 | GMT+13:00 | +46800 |
Daylight Saving Times
To convert from normal/standard time to daylight saving time add 1 hour ( or +3600 seconds ).
For example: Eastern Standard Time = GMT-5, add 1 hour: Eastern Daylight Time = GMT-4
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