About This Quiz
Time can be tricky, and it gets even trickier when you go international. Can you match these countries to their correct time zone? Find out with this HowStuffWorks quiz!Hong Kong observes Hong Kong Time (HKT) all year round with no Daylight Savings Time. They are 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
PST, or Pacific Standard Time, is a time zone that can be found on the westernmost part of the US. It is also known as UTC-7.
Australian Eastern Standard (EAST) is observed on the Eastern part of Australia in winter. It is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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CST, or Central Standard Time, is used in Mexico. It is one of 3 time zones within the country.
Eastern Standard Time is the time zone of most of eastern Canada. It's used in the cities of Toronto and Quebec.
Costa Rica's time zone is abbreviated CST, for Costa Rica Time. Its time zone is UTC-6.
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New Zealand uses the time zone NZST or New Zealand Standard Time. The country observes Daylight Savings Time, or NZDT.
The time zone of Germany is CEST or Central European Standard Time. A number of other European countries are within this time zone.
PET is the abbreviation for Peru Time. This time zone, observed in Peru, is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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The UK observes GMT, or the Greenwich Mean Time Zone during most of the year. However, the country observes daylight savings time from March to October. During those months the time zone is British Summer Time (BST).
India Standard Time (IST) is used throughout India. It is 5:30 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Iceland observes Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It has no Daylight Savings Time or UTC/GMT offset.
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BRT is Brasilia Standard Time. It is UTC-3. Amazon Time (AMT), which is UTC-4, is also observed in Brazil.
Eastern European Summer TIme (EEST) is observed by Ukraine. It is a Daylight Savings Time time zone that is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Thailand observes Indochina Time (ICT) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +7 hours.
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Saudi Arabia observes Arabian Standard Time (AST) all year. They do not observe daylight savings time.
Russia is vast and observes more different time zones than any other country on earth. These include Moscow Standard Time (MSK), Krasnoyarsk Time (KRAT), and Anadyr Time (ANAT).
Morocco observes Daylight Savings Time. From March to October their time zone is Western European Summer Time (WEST).
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In Mongolia Hovd Time (HOVT) is observed. So is Ulaanbaatar Time (ULAT).
Japanese Standard Time (JST) is observed in Japan. There is no Daylight Savings Time in Japan and its UTC/GMT offset is +9 hours.
Ethiopia observes Eastern Africa Time (EAT). There is no Daylight Savings Time and their UTC/GMT offset is +3 hours.
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Most of Greenland observes Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) from March to October. During this portion of the year, its UTC/GMT offset is -2 hours.
Pakistan observes Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +5 hours.
Papua New Guinea observes Papua New Guinea Time (PGT) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +10 hours.
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Nigeria observes West Africa Time (WAT) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +1 hour.
Italy observes Central European Summer Time (CEST) from March to October. Its UTC/GMT offset is +2 hours.
The Philippines used Philippine Time (PHT) throughout the year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +8 hours.
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This country observes Alma-Ata Time (ALMT) all year long in the east. Western Kazakhstan observes Oral Time (ORAT).
Egypt observes Eastern European Time (EET) all year. Their UTC/GMT offset is +2 hours.
Some Indonesian states observe Western Indonesian Time (WIB) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +7 hours.
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Seychelles observes Seychelles Time (SCT) all year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +4 hours.
South Korea observes Korea Standard Time (KST) throughout the year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +9 hours.
South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is observed in South Africa. Daylight Savings Time is not observed and their UTC/GMT offset is +2 hours.
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The Netherlands observes Central European Summer Time (CEST) from March to October every year. Its UTC/GMT offset is +2 hours.