Time Zone Converter

How to use the Time Zone Converter

What does the Time Zone Converter do?

Convert a date and time between two major-city time zones; It applies this page-specific rule: convert a date and time between two major-city time zones.

Which inputs does this converter use?

To convert a date and time between two major-city time zones, enter Date and time, From city, To city; keep every value in the same example; select Convert time when the values are ready; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - The entered date and wall-clock time are interpreted in the source zone and converted to the corresponding moment in the destination zone - so the expected result can confirm the settings.

How should the converter result be read?

For a result intended to convert a date and time between two major-city time zones, the entered date and wall-clock time are interpreted in the source zone and converted to the corresponding moment in the destination zone; read to city together with the original date and time rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.

Does the converter use daylight saving time?

When the goal is to convert a date and time between two major-city time zones, yes.

Why include the date?

When using the page to convert a date and time between two major-city time zones, the offset between two zones can change during the year.

Limits and accuracy

When using this converter to convert a date and time between two major-city time zones, daylight-saving transitions can create ambiguous or nonexistent local times, so verify important future appointments in both named zones; check the displayed date, time zone, and daylight-saving status before relying on the result for an important appointment; keep date and time until the output has been checked in its intended destination.