OT: Quick Time Zone Question (Californian's look here)

[Lela]

I'm trying to set something up a phone call by e-mail and wanted to check what time it is in California right now.

Say, if I'm in the Mountin Time Zone and it's midnight (12 AM) what time is it there?


Sorry for the OT thing guys. I just didn't want to spend an hour trying to find a phone book or a website that has what I need.

Thanks,

 

[Torque]

Right now, it's 11:20. I don't remember whether Mountain is one or two zones over.

 

[the Jester]

Er, it's about 11:20 pm right now, but I'm not sure what time it is for you right now.

 

[Lela]

Thanks guys. This really helps a lot.

It's 12:30 here now, so it's one hour behind.

I really appreaciate it.

 

[Thistleknot]

Since I'm in the Pacific Time Zone, I'll show you how things break down from here.

Just for reference:

Alaskan Time Zone: 11:00 PM
Pacific Time Zone: 12:00 AM
Mountain Time Zone: 1:00 AM
Central Time Zone: 2:00 AM
Eastern Time Zone: 3:00 AM

The Pacific Time Zone is one hour behind your time zone, if you're in the Mountain Time Zone. Just subtract one hour from your current time to get the time there.

Hope this helps. =-)

 

[Kamard]

And if you are in Newfoundland, then I am sorry for multiple reasons.

One of which being that your time zone is an hour and a half ahead of me, making it 5:30 am there.

Go back to bed!

 

[drothgery]

And to confuse things further, neither Arizona nor most of Indiana use Daylight Savings Time.

 

[Fast Learner]

Right, so here in Arizona we're currently at the same time as California (MST = PDT) and 3 hours off the east coast, but in a month or so we'll be an hour ahead of California (MST > PST) and two hours off the east coast.

Seems complicated to outsiders, probably, but we just sit here wondering what the hell you people want "an extra hour of daylight" for, and never screw around with our clocks.

 

[CTD]

Easy solution for people who don't like math and have a Windows based computer.

Look at the clock in the lower right corner of your screen. Double click the time. It opens the 'Date/Time Properties' window. Click the Time Zone tab at the top.

If the time is correct for your local time you will see something like:

(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Which is local time for me near Chicago.

If you hit the drop down arrow to the right of that you can select other time zones, Easern, Pacific, etc. Also included are special time zones for exceptions/odd places including Arizona and Hawaii.

So all you ever need to do is change the time from your time zone to "their" time and you can figure the difference and set your appointment, etc.

Just remember to change the time zone back to your local zone when you are done.

BTW, GMT means Greenwich Mean Time and the + or - amount is how many hours ahead of, or behind Greenwich you are (It's in the UK).

 

[Umbran]

Seems complicated to outsiders, probably, but we just sit here wondering what the hell you people want "an extra hour of daylight" for, and never screw around with our clocks.

What do we want that hour for? To lower operating costs, that's what. Apparently, in aggregate, the sum total saved in utilities is significant. Not having to light and heat the building as much adds up, especially if you're a big critter, like a national or state government.