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World Time Conversion
World time conversion in this global world of education, business and socialization this is an important skill.
If you are networking with colleagues in another part of the world, it is important to understand their schedule and be aware of how their availability corresponds to yours.
The time and date stem from two virtual lines on the globe. One is zulu, Grennich Mean time or Universal Time and the other is the international date line.
According to the United States Naval Observatory, there are a total of eight time zones in North America. They cover the land from Newfoundland in the far east to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the far west.Within North America there are 5 times zones and then Alaska and Hawaii each are on a different time zone. Hawaii is in another time zone.
There are 24 different time zones in the world set at 15 degree longitude intervals in between. The Earth completes one full rotation in 24 hours at a speed of 15 degrees per hour. The premise behind time zones is that the world is theoretically divided into 24 equal longitudinal zones and the time is accordingly adjusted in each zone by an hour. More on Ask.com >>>
Via Wikimedia Commons see a large world time zone map!
EST is five hours earlier than UTC. Simply subtract five hours from the UTC time and you have the EST time.
Note that (in the United States) when we are on on EDT, that is different from EST. EDT is only four hours earlier than UTC.
The international date line is an imaginary line that basically runs down the middle of the pacific ocean. When traveling west to east, and you cross this line you gain a day because you go back in time. When traveling east to west you lose a day when you cross that line because it is forward in time by a full day.
In general on the Nurses Moving Forward calendar, the provider of an event will advertise the event in the time zone where the event is taking place. In this global world, when scheduling a meeting or planing to attend an webinar or other event please check and confirm time/date information carefully. Maybe you have had the experience of showing up at the wrong time after daylight savings has occurred? Imagine this happening for an interview that you flew in for or a business meeting held via international conference call! Likewise, Nurses Moving Forward is not responsible for any confusion, incident or loss resulting from incorrect event posting or misunderstanding of time. Attendees are responsible to confirm all information with the program provider. Thank you for being diligent.
Look for this helpful link in the events calendar: Confirm Class Time in Your Time Zone >>>
More on translating Universal Time by Earth Sky >>>
The world is divided up into about 24 time zones. We say about because some states, regions or countries shift their times by half an hour from the strict 24 hour divisions. Standard time within most time zones is an integral number of hours offset from a time scale called Coordinated Universal Time (abbreviated UTC), maintained by a large number of very precise “atomic clocks” at laboratories around the world, including the U.S. Naval Observatory. For nontechnical purposes, we can presume that Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the same as Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT), although their exact definitions differ.
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To translate UTC into your local time, use the following table:
United States
|Atlantic Daylight Time|>. subtract 3 hours from UTC|
|Atlantic Standard Time|>. subtract 4 hours from UTC|
|Eastern Daylight Time|>. subtract 4 hours from UTC|
|Eastern Standard Time|>. subtract 5 hours from UTC|
|Central Daylight Time|>. subtract 5 hours from UTC|
|Central Standard Time|>. subtract 6 hours from UTC|
|Mountain Daylight Time|>. subtract 6 hours from UTC|
|Mountain Standard Time|>. subtract 7 hours from UTC|
|Pacific Daylight Time|>. subtract 7 hours from UTC|
|Pacific Standard Time|>. subtract 8 hours from UTC|
|Alaska Daylight Time|>. subtract 8 hours from UTC|
|Alaska Standard Time|>. subtract 9 hours from UTC|
|Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time|>. subtract 10 hours from UTC|
|Samoa Standard Time|>. subtract 11 hours from UTC|
Europe/Middle East
|Greenwich Mean Time|>. same as UTC|
|British Summer Time|>. add 1 hour to UTC|
|Central European Time|>. add 1 hour to UTC|
|Central European Summer Time|>. add 2 hours to UTC|
|Eastern European Time|>. add 2 hour to UTC|
|Eastern European Summer Time|>. add 3 hours to UTC|
|Charlie Time (Mid East)|>. add 3 hour to UTC|
|Delta Time (Mid East)|>. add 4 hour to UTC|
Australia
|Western Standard Time|>. add 8 hours to UTC|
|Western Summer Time|>. add 9 hours to UTC|
|Central Standard Time|>. add 9:30 hours to UTC|
|Central Summer Time|>. add 10:30 hours to UTC|
|Eastern Time|>. add 10 hours to UTC|
|Eastern Summer Time|>. add 11 hours to UTC|
Asia and Africa time zones
Examples of how to convert from UTC to your local time
Let’s say you live in Houston, Texas, which is in Central Standard Time (U.S.). To convert 18 UTC into your local time, subtract 6 hours, to get 12 CST. During daylight saving (summer) time, you would only subtract 5 hours, so 18 UTC would convert to 13 CDT.
Or, let’s say you’re in Paris, France, which is in Central European Time. To convert 18 UTC into your local time, add 1 hour, to get 19 CET. In summer, add 2 hours to get 20 CEST.
When converting zone time to or from UTC, dates must be properly taken into account. For example, 10 March at 02 UTC is the same as 9 March at 21 EST (U.S.).
The table can also be used to determine the difference between the time observed in any two zones. For example, the table shows that Eastern Standard Time is three hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (U.S.).
Bottom line: The Earth has 24 time zones, but when astronomers mention a time, it’s often “Universal Time.” This article explains how to translate Universal Time, or UTC, to your local time zone.
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