How Many Standard Time Zones
Time zones are defined by subdividing the Earth's spheroid into 24 wedge-shaped sections. with bordering meridian each 15° of longitude apart. There are 24 international time zones for the entire world. International time zones with international date line shown in the figure below. The local time in neighboring zones would differ by one hour. However, political boundaries, geographical practicalities, and convenience of inhabitants can result in irregularly shaped zones. However, in a few regions, half-hour or quarter-hour differences are in effect.
Here is the the total number of 24 time zone in with current time:
Location(s) | Time zone | Time |
Baker Island, Howland Island (both uninhabited) | UTC-12 | 0:00 |
Samoa, American Samoa | UTC-11 | 1:00 |
Hawaii, Papeete | UTC-10 | 2:00 |
Marquesas Islands | UTC-09:30 | 2:30 |
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau | UTC-09 | 3:00 |
Vancouver, Washington state, Portland, Las Vegas, California, Baja California | UTC-08 | 4:00 |
Alberta, Colorado, Arizona, Chihuahua, Sonora | UTC-07 | 5:00 |
Manitoba, Illinois, Dallas, Houston, Mexico City, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica | UTC-06 | 6:00 |
Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York, Georgia, Miami, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama, Colombia, Continental Ecuador, Peru | UTC-05 | 7:00 |
Venezuela | UTC-04:30 | 7:30 |
Nova Scotia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Amazonas, Bolivia, Continental Chile, Paraguay | UTC-04 | 8:00 |
Newfoundland | UTC-03:30 | 8:30 |
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Argentina, Uruguay, Nuuk | UTC-03 | 9:00 |
Fernando de Noronha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | UTC-02 | 10:00 |
Azores, Cape Verde | UTC-01 | 11:00 |
Iceland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Continental Portugal, Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire | UTC | 12:00 |
Albania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Metropolitan France, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, European Spain, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Kinshasa | UTC+01 | 13:00 |
Finland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa | UTC+02 | 14:00 |
Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar | UTC+03 | 15:00 |
Iran | UTC+03:30 | 15:30 |
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Seychelles, Mauritius | UTC+04 | 16:00 |
Afghanistan | UTC+04:30 | 16:30 |