Time zones

Setting a time zone allows times to be displayed in the local time rather than in UTC. The supports both user-defined and system-defined time zones.

A user-defined time zone has a user-assigned name of up to four printable ASCII characters that is different from the system-defined time zones. For user-defined time zones, the offset from UTC is configured, as well as any summer time adjustment for the time zone.

The system-defined time zones are listed in the following table, which includes both time zones with and without summer time correction.

Table: System-defined time zones

Acronym

Time zone name

UTC offset

Europe

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

UTC

BST

British Summer Time

UTC +1

IST

Irish Summer Time

UTC +1*

WET

Western Europe Time

UTC

WEST

Western Europe Summer Time

UTC +1

CET

Central Europe Time

UTC +1

CEST

Central Europe Summer Time

UTC +2

EET

Eastern Europe Time

UTC +2

EEST

Eastern Europe Summer Time

UTC +3

MSK

Moscow Time

UTC +3

MSD

Moscow Summer Time

UTC +4

US and Canada

AST

Atlantic Standard Time

UTC -4

ADT

Atlantic Daylight Time

UTC -3

EST

Eastern Standard Time

UTC -5

EDT

Eastern Daylight Saving Time

UTC -4

ET

Eastern Time

Either as EST or EDT, depending on place and time of year

CST

Central Standard Time

UTC -6

CDT

Central Daylight Saving Time

UTC -5

CT

Central Time

Either as CST or CDT, depending on place and time of year

MST

Mountain Standard Time

UTC -7

MDT

Mountain Daylight Saving Time

UTC -6

MT

Mountain Time

Either as MST or MDT, depending on place and time of year

PST

Pacific Standard Time

UTC -8

PDT

Pacific Daylight Saving Time

UTC -7

PT

Pacific Time

Either as PST or PDT, depending on place and time of year

HST

Hawaiian Standard Time

UTC -10

AKST

Alaska Standard Time

UTC -9

AKDT

Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time

UTC -8

Australia

AWST

Western Standard Time (for example, Perth)

UTC +8

ACST

Central Standard Time (for example, Darwin)

UTC +9.5

AEST

Eastern Standard/Summer Time (for example, Canberra)

UTC +10