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Time

A numerical representation of what point in a day it is. Commonly, the time is displayed in hours, followed by minutes, and then seconds. There are 24 hours in one day, 1,440 minutes in a one day, and 86,400 seconds in one day.

HOUR:
A hour may be represented in a numerical value of 1 to 12 or 0001 to 2400. Several digital clocks and computers running Microsoft Windows utilize civilian time of hours of 1 to 12 and represent the time of day with AM or PM. Many Unix, Linux and other clocks may use military time, which has no AM or PM and is represented with a value of 1 to 24. Below is a listing of Military time values and their conversions.

Civilian

Military

Civilian

Military

12 AM240012 PM1200
1 AM01001 PM1300
2 AM02002 PM1400
3 AM03003 PM1500
4 AM04004 PM1600
5 AM05005 PM1700
6 AM06006 PM1800
7 AM07007 PM1900
8 AM08008 PM2000
9 AM09009 PM2100
10 AM100010 PM2200
11 AM110011 PM2300

MINUTE / SECOND:
A minute is represented in numerical values of 01 to 59. There are 60 minutes in every hour and 60 seconds in every minute.

TIME ZONES:

The world is broken into 24 separate time zones that are used to help determine the time in all areas of the world. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or UT (Universal Time) is a method of referencing the time differences across the world. The GMT or UT is centered in the middle of the time zone as 12:00. Any time zone to the left of this is -GMT or -UT and  any time zone to the right of this is +GMT or +UT. Below is a listing of time zone abbreviations, time zone descriptions and the UT difference.

Time ZoneTime Zone DescriptionUT difference
ACDTAustralia Central Daylight TimeUT +10:30
ACSTAustralia Central Standard TimeUT +9:30
ADTAtlantic Daylight TimeUT-3:00
AKDTAlaskan Time ZoneUT-9:00
ASTAtlantic Standard TimeUT-4:00
ATAzores TimeUT-1:00
AWSTAustralia Western Standard TimeUT+8:00
BSTBritish Summer TimeUT+1:00
BSTBrazil Standard TimeUT-3:00
BTBaghdad TimeUT+6:00
BTTBhutan TimeUT+6:00
CATCentral Africa TimeUT+2:00
CCTChina Coast TimeUT+8:00
CDTCentral Daylight Time (USA)UT-5:00
CDTCentral Daylight Time (Australia)UT+10:30
CESTCentral Europe Summer TimeUT+2:00
CETCentral Europe TimeUT+1:00
CKTCook Islands TimeUT-10:00
CLSTChile Summer TimeUT-3:00
CLTChile TimeUT-4:00
COTColombia TimeUT-5:00
CSTCentral Standard Time (USA)UT-6:00
CSTCentral Standard Time (Australia)UT+9:30
CSTChina TimeUT+8:00
CSTCuba Standard TimeUT-4:00
CUTCoordinated Universal Time-
ECTEsuador TimeUT-5:00
ECTEastern Caribbean TimeUT-4:00
EMTNorway TimeUT+1:00
ESTEastern Standard Time (USA)UT-5:00
ESTEastern Standard Time (Australia)UT+10:00
ESTEastern Brazil Standard TimeUT-3:00
FSTFrench Summer TimeUT-2:00
GMTGreenwich Mean Time-
GSTGuam Standard TimeUT+10:00
GSTGulf Standard TimeUT+4:00
GSTGreenland Standard TimeUT-3:00
GTGreenwich Mean Time-
HFEHeure Francais d'EteUT+2:00
HSTHawaiian Standard TimeUT-10:00
ICTIndochina TimeUT+7:00
ISTIrish Summer TimeUT+1:00
ISTIsraeli Standard TimeUT+2:00
ISTIran Standard TimeUT+3:30
ISTIndian Standard TimeUT+5:30
ITIran TimeUT+3:30
JSTJapan Standard TimeUT+9:00
KDTKorean Daylight TimeUT+10:00
KSTKorean Standard TimeUT+9:00
LSTLocal Sidereal Time-
MDTMountain Daylight Time (USA)UT-6:00
MSTMountain Standard TimeUT -7:00
MPTNorth Mariana Islands TimeUT+10:00
MSDMoscow Summer TimeUT+4:00
MSKMoscow TimeUT+3:00
MTMoluccasUT+8:30
MUTMauritius TimeUT+4:00
NSTNewfoundland TimeUT-3:30
NSTNorth Sumatra TimeUT+6:30
PDTPacific Daylight Time (USA)UT-7:00
PMTPierre and Miquelon Standard TimeUT-3:00
PNTPitcairn TimeUT-8:30
PSTPacific Standard Time (USA)UT-8:00
PSTPakistan Standard TimeUT+5:00
SSTSwedish Summer TimeUT+2:00
SSTSingapore Standard TimeUT+8:00
TMTTukmenistan TimeUT+5:00
TSTTurkish Standard TimeUT+3:00
UTUniversal Time-
WSTWestern Standard Time (Australia)UT+8:00
WSTWestern Brazil Standard TimeUT-4:00
WSTWest Samoa TimeUT-11:00

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND SUMMER TIME:

Daylight Saving Time, or DST for short, is time when time in most portions of the United States and other portions of the world where time gains or loses an hour on a specific date. DST is still being used today as a means to help conserve energy.

As of 2007, in the United States, DST is observed from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November.

Many other countries have a "summer time", but often do not change their clock time. For example, the European Union runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

Additional questions related to time

At what point does time change from AM to PM?

AM changes to PM and PM changes to AM at the stroke of 12:00.

  • Additional information on how to set the computer's date and time can be found on document CH000554.
  • Additional information about viewing the date in Windows can be found on document CH000555.
  • Additional information about why a computer may be losing time and/or information, or how to replace a computer's CMOS battery can be found on document CH000239.

Also see: A.M., Access time, Connect time, Deceleration time, Disk access time, Downtime, Epoch, Holdup time, Idle timeLink time, Measurement, NTP, P.M., Real-time, Recovery time, Response time, Run time, Seek time, Settling time, Tick, Time out, Time sharing, Time-slice, Time stamp, Timer, Transfer time, Uptime

 

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