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1 day ago · UTC —Coordinated Universal Time—is the 24-hour time standard used as a basis for civil time today. All time zones are defined by their offset from UTC. The offset is expressed as either UTC- or UTC+ and the number of hours and minutes. Primarily, UTC is based on mean solar time at the prime meridian running through Greenwich, UK.
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Time zones around the world are expressed using positive or negative offsets from UTC, as in the list of time zones by UTC offset. The westernmost time zone uses UTC−12 , being twelve hours behind UTC; the easternmost time zone uses UTC+14 , being fourteen hours ahead of UTC.
A Standard, Not a Time Zone. UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world. The world's timing centers have agreed to keep their time scales closely synchronized - or coordinated - therefore the name Coordinated Universal Time. Understanding UTC offsets. Atomic and Solar Time. Two components are used to determine UTC:
Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).
See the current status in our time zone map. ©timeanddate.com. Generally, time zones east of the United Kingdom are UTC+, and time zones west of the United Kingdom are UTC-. For instance, New York, located west of UTC, is UTC-5 during standard time. And the standard time in Canberra, located east of UTC, is UTC+10.
EST (Or Eastern Standard Time Zone) is UTC-5:00. In other words, the Eastern Standard Time zone has a UTC offset of minus 5 hours. This means that all regions in the Eastern Standard Time Zone are 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. When it is 12 PM in London (which is in UTC), it is just 7 PM in Connecticut and Ontario.
