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Just as an example: If it is 8 PM Thursday in England that equels GMT +/- Zero {England is the World's Time Reference} and that is the same as: 3 PM Thursday in the US Eastern Standard Time zone {EST} = GMT-5 2 PM Thursday in the US Central Standard Time zone {CST} = GMT -6 1 PM Thursday in the US Mountain Standard Time zone {MST} = GMT -7 12 Noon Thursday in the US Pacific Standard Time zone {PST} = GMT -8 11 AM Thursday in the US Alaska Standard Time zone {AST} = GMT -9 10 AM Thursday in the US Hawaii Standard Time zone {HST}= GMT -10

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From west to east...

Samoa Standard Time (UTC-11) is used in American Samoa.

Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (UTC-10) is used in Hawaii.

Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Saving Time (UTC-9), Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9), Alaska Daylight Saving Time (UTC-8) and Metlakatla Time (UTC-8) are used in Alaska.

Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) and Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC-7) are used in...

  • California
  • Idaho *
  • Nevada *
  • Oregon *
  • Washington

Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) and Mountain Daylight Saving Time (UTC-6) are used in...

  • Arizona **
  • Colorado
  • Idaho *
  • Kansas *
  • Montana
  • Nebraska *
  • Nevada *
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota *
  • Oregon *
  • South Dakota *
  • Texas *
  • Utah
  • Wyoming

Central Standard Time (UTC-6) and Central Daylight Saving Time (UTC-5) are used in...

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida *
  • Illinois
  • Indiana *
  • Iowa
  • Kansas *
  • Kentucky *
  • Louisiana
  • Michigan *
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska *
  • North Dakota *
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota *
  • Tennessee *
  • Texas *
  • Wisconsin

Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) and Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC-4) are used in...

  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • The District of Columbia
  • Florida *
  • Georgia
  • Indiana *
  • Kentucky *
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan *
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee *
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4) is used in...

  • Puerto Rico
  • The U. S. Virgin Islands

Chamorro Standard Time (UTC+10) is used in...

  • Guam
  • The Northern Mariana Islands

* true of only part of the state

** The only part of Arizona that observes Daylight Saving Time is the Navaho Nation.

Daylight Saving Time in the United States begins on the second Sunday of March at 2 AM local Standard Time and ends on the first Sunday of November at 2 AM local Daylight Saving Time.

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Check out the 'USA Time Zones' link on this page to see where the different time zones in the United States are.

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mountain, pacific,eastern and western

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