Time Zone Converter: Convert Time Around the World
A time zone converter helps you find the equivalent local time in another part of the world. This is useful when planning meetings, calling friends and family, scheduling online events, working with international teams, or checking the time in another country.
EasyCalculator's Time Zone Converter lets you select a date, time, starting time zone and destination time zone. The tool then calculates the corresponding local time.
How to use the time zone converter
- Select the time zone where your original time is located.
- Select the destination time zone.
- Choose the date.
- Enter the time you want to convert.
- View the converted local time.
What are IST, EST, CST, MST and PST?
Time zone abbreviations are commonly used to describe different regions. IST is commonly used for India Standard Time. In the United States, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific Time are often abbreviated as ET, CT, MT and PT.
Standard-time abbreviations such as EST, CST, MST and PST can be confusing because many locations change their clocks for daylight saving time. For this reason, a geographic time-zone identifier such as America/New_Yorkor America/Chicagois more reliable for software calculations.
Time zones and daylight saving time
Some countries and regions change their clocks during part of the year. This means that the difference between two locations may change depending on the date.
For example, the difference between India and a US location can change when the US changes between standard time and daylight time. Always include the date when converting between locations that observe daylight saving time.
Why use a time zone converter?
International schedules can become difficult when people live in different time zones. A time zone converter makes it easier to check the local time before arranging a meeting, phone call, interview, webinar or other event.
The converter can also help compare popular locations such as New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Berlin, Mumbai, Tokyo and Sydney.