UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
Current time, offset and daylight saving status for Coordinated Universal Time.
Current time in UTC
14:12:26
Coordinated Universal Time · UTC+00:00
About UTC
UTC is the primary time standard the world uses to regulate clocks. It does not observe daylight saving time.
Working with UTC
UTC+00:00 applies here on every date of the year — there is no summer offset for Coordinated Universal Time to switch to, so a time written against it means the same instant in January as in July.
When it is noon UTC, Coordinated Universal Time reads 12:00; midnight UTC is 00:00 here. UTC is UTC itself, with no offset in either direction.
The same standard offset, UTC+00:00, is kept by GMT, though each follows its own daylight saving rules — or none — so they do not stay aligned all year. One hour to the east of UTC in this directory sits BST (UTC+01:00); no listed zone keeps the offset one hour to the west.
Clock changes in UTC
Coordinated Universal Time has no clock change at any point in the year; UTC+00:00 applies on every date, in Global as everywhere else on the zone.
Of the reference zones in the table below, New York, London, Berlin, Sydney and Los Angeles observe daylight saving, so their difference from UTC shifts twice a year; Dubai, Kolkata, Singapore and Tokyo stay fixed.
Where UTC is used
No city in this directory keeps UTC as its primary zone; it is listed for reference and for conversions.
Where UTC stands today
Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+00:00 today and will be UTC+00:00 on every other day. A recurring meeting anchored to UTC never drifts against UTC, which makes it a dependable reference for logs kept in Global and for schedules that run across a whole year.
A working day on UTC
Taking a working day as 09:00 to 17:00 on UTC:
- New York overlaps for only 4 hours, from 13:00 to 17:00 UTC time — late in the day at one end and early at the other.
- London’s working day overlaps with UTC’s for 7 hours, from 09:00 to 16:00 UTC time.
- Tokyo has no overlap at all: when it is 09:00 there, it is already 00:00 in UTC, so a call means an early start or a late finish for someone.
How UTC compares with other zones
Right now UTC runs ahead of New York and Los Angeles and behind London, Berlin, Dubai, Kolkata, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.
| Zone | UTC offset | Difference from UTC |
|---|---|---|
| New York | UTC-04:00 | 4h ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | 1h behind |
| Berlin | UTC+02:00 | 2h behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | 4h behind |
| Kolkata | UTC+05:30 | 5h 30m behind |
| Singapore | UTC+08:00 | 8h behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | 9h behind |
| Sydney | UTC+11:00 | 11h behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | 7h ahead |
This zone has no major population centres in the dataset, which usually means it covers a sparsely inhabited region or is used mainly as a reference offset.
Cities using UTC
Convert UTC to another zone
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-10-09.
Frequently asked questions
What is UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, is UTC+00:00. UTC is the primary time standard the world uses to regulate clocks. It does not observe daylight saving time.
What is the IANA identifier for UTC?
UTC — the entry that covers Global in the tz database. Use it rather than UTC in software: UTC names one season, UTC names the rules for every date.
Does UTC change for daylight saving?
No. Coordinated Universal Time keeps UTC+00:00 on every date; so does GMT.
How do I convert UTC to my local time?
One hour to the east of UTC in this directory sits BST (UTC+01:00); no listed zone keeps the offset one hour to the west. For anything beyond that, the converter applies the rules of UTC for the date you give it rather than a remembered figure.
Which cities use UTC?
No city in this directory keeps UTC as its primary zone; it is listed for reference and for conversions. The boundary is legal rather than geographic, and it moves when a government decides it should.
What should I put in a configuration file for UTC?
UTC, never UTC. That entry carries the rules Global actually follows, including when daylight saving starts and ends, so software using it stays correct through a change that a stored offset would miss.