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World Clock

Use a live world clock with city boards, global timezone comparison, meeting planning, best meeting windows, business-hour status, UTC offsets, DST notes, copy, share, CSV export, fullscreen mode, and wake-lock controls.

Last Updated: July 2026

World ClockLive10 citiesExtended hours

Home city: Dubai

7:23:36 AM

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Gulf Standard Time (GST) - Dubai - UTC+04:00 - GMT+4

Business-hour cities

3/10

Meeting-friendly now

3/10

Extended hours

3

Offset spread

17h

3:23:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

After hoursLate nightUTC+00:00
Abbreviation
UTC
Home comparison
-4h vs home
DST note
Stable offset

11:23:36 PM

Mon, Jul 13 - Yesterday

After hoursNightUTC-04:00
Abbreviation
EDT
Home comparison
-8h vs home
DST note
DST shift watch (UTC-04:00 to UTC-05:00)

8:23:36 PM

Mon, Jul 13 - Yesterday

Extended hoursEveningUTC-07:00
Abbreviation
PDT
Home comparison
-11h vs home
DST note
DST shift watch (UTC-07:00 to UTC-08:00)

4:23:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

After hoursLate nightUTC+01:00
Abbreviation
GMT+1
Home comparison
-3h vs home
DST note
DST shift watch (UTC+01:00 to UTC+00:00)

5:23:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

After hoursMorningUTC+02:00
Abbreviation
GMT+2
Home comparison
-2h vs home
DST note
DST shift watch (UTC+02:00 to UTC+01:00)

7:23:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

Extended hoursMorningUTC+04:00
Abbreviation
GMT+4
Home comparison
same as home
DST note
Stable offset

8:53:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

Extended hoursMorningUTC+05:30
Abbreviation
GMT+5:30
Home comparison
+1h 30m vs home
DST note
Stable offset

11:23:36 AM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

Business hoursMorningUTC+08:00
Abbreviation
GMT+8
Home comparison
+4h vs home
DST note
Stable offset

12:23:36 PM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

Business hoursAfternoonUTC+09:00
Abbreviation
GMT+9
Home comparison
+5h vs home
DST note
Stable offset

1:23:36 PM

Tue, Jul 14 - Today

Business hoursAfternoonUTC+10:00
Abbreviation
GMT+10
Home comparison
+6h vs home
DST note
DST shift watch (UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00)

Meeting Planner

Enter one local meeting time and compare the exact wall-clock time, end time, and business-hour fit across every saved city.

Tue, Jul 14, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 4 in extended hours.

Conflicts: New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo...

Wed, Jul 15, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 4 in extended hours.

Conflicts: New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo...

Tue, Jul 14, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 3 in extended hours.

Conflicts: UTC, New York, Los Angeles, London...

Tue, Jul 14, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 3 in extended hours.

Conflicts: UTC, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo...

Tue, Jul 14, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 3 in extended hours.

Conflicts: New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo...

Tue, Jul 14, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM GMT+4

5 cities in business hours, 3 in extended hours.

Conflicts: New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo...

World Clock Reliability

This world clock uses your device clock and browser timezone data. It is useful for planning, coordination, and awareness, but it is not a certified time source. For official synchronization or time-critical operations, compare against Time.gov, NIST, your operating-system time settings, or your organization's approved source.

Checked by Jitendra Kumar

World Clock is checked for formula labels, source links, and result limits.

Jitendra Kumar, Founder & Editorial Standards Lead. Updated July 2026. Scope: time calculators.

Sources & methodology · Review standards

How to Use This Calculator

  1. Step 1: Choose your home city

    Set the city that should anchor the large clock, date-line labels, and offset comparisons.

  2. Step 2: Build the city board

    Add the offices, clients, travel stops, or support regions you need to monitor.

  3. Step 3: Set work-hour rules

    Choose the business-hour start and end time that should drive status badges and best-window scoring.

  4. Step 4: Plan a meeting

    Enter the source-city date, time, and duration to compare start and end times across all saved cities.

  5. Step 5: Copy, share, or export

    Copy the board, copy a meeting summary, share the setup URL, or export the rows as CSV.

How This Calculator Works

The World Clock starts with the current timestamp from the browser and formats that same instant for every selected city using named IANA timezones. That avoids the common error of manually adding a fixed offset when daylight saving time applies.

The meeting planner converts the source-city wall time into a timestamp, then formats that instant for every saved city. Business-hour status uses your configured workday window and separates weekends from after-hours periods.

Selected cities, display settings, and work-hour rules are saved in local browser storage. Share links encode the chosen setup in the URL, while CSV export is generated directly in your browser.

How to Use a World Clock for Global Time Zones

Quick Answer

Use the World Clock when you need to monitor several cities at once, compare timezone offsets, avoid date-line mistakes, or find a workable meeting time across offices. It is strongest for remote teams, international support, webinars, launches, travel, trading desks, and handoffs between regions.

FeatureWhat it doesBest for
Live city clocksTrack saved cities with current local time, date, UTC offset, timezone abbreviation, day part, and date-line status.Remote teams, support desks, trading coverage, travel planning, international events, and operations rooms.
Meeting plannerEnter one source-city date and time, then compare start time, end time, and business-hour fit across every saved city.Global calls, webinars, launches, client reviews, interviews, and handoff planning.
Best meeting windowsRanks upcoming 30-minute slots by how many saved cities stay inside configured work hours for the full meeting duration.Finding the least painful time across offices without manually scanning every timezone.
Business-hour rulesCustomize workday start and end hours, then flag business hours, extended hours, weekends, and after-hours cities.Support coverage, staffing, incident response, stakeholder updates, and cross-border operations.
Share and exportCopy the board, copy meeting summaries, share selected cities in a URL, and export the world clock as CSV.Status reports, scheduling notes, calendar prep, spreadsheet workflows, and team handoffs.

World Clock Terms

TermMeaningHow to use it
World clockA multi-city clock board that shows current local time in different IANA timezones.Use it when the main task is awareness across regions, not a one-off conversion.
Home cityThe reference city used for the large clock, date-line labels, and offset comparisons.Set it to your office, event host city, or scheduling owner.
UTC offsetThe difference between a local timezone and Coordinated Universal Time at a specific instant.Treat it as date-sensitive because daylight saving can change the offset.
IANA timezoneA named timezone such as America/New_York or Asia/Dubai that carries local rule history.Prefer named zones over fixed offsets for future meetings and DST-sensitive comparisons.
Date lineThe calendar-day difference between cities at the same moment.Check it before scheduling Asia-Pacific, Americas, and Europe meetings.

Reliability Checklist

FactorWhat mattersPractical guidance
Device timeThe current time starts from the browser device clock.If exact official time matters, compare with Time.gov, NIST, or your approved system clock.
Timezone dataFormatting uses browser Intl and IANA timezone data.Modern browsers handle current DST rules, but unusual historical rules can vary by platform.
Meeting conversionThe planner converts source city wall time to a timestamp, then formats that instant for each saved city.Use named source cities, not fixed offsets, when the selected date may cross a DST boundary.
Best windowsSuggested windows are ranked by configured work hours and weekend checks.Use them as scheduling guidance, then confirm with attendee calendars and local holidays.
Saved setupSaved cities and display settings stay in local browser storage.Share links encode the selected setup only when you copy them.

Practical Examples

  • Compare New York, London, Dubai, Delhi, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney before a call.
  • Use best meeting windows to avoid asking one office to join after midnight.
  • Export city-clock rows for support coverage and handoff documentation.
  • Check DST shift notes before planning future meetings around clock-change seasons.

Related Workflows

Use the Time Zone Converter for one-off conversion between two zones. Use the Online Clock for a simpler large local clock, or the Online Countdown when the main question is time remaining to a scheduled event.

Keep the research moving with Online Clock, Time Zone Converter, Online Countdown, and Online Alarm Clock.

Frequently Asked Questions

A useful world clock should show live city clocks, UTC offsets, date-line changes, business-hour status, and a meeting planner. This tool is built for that workflow: add cities, set a home city, compare a meeting time, review best windows, copy summaries, share the setup, or export CSV.

Yes. It uses named IANA timezones through the browser Intl API, so current daylight-saving rules are applied when formatting each city. For critical meetings near clock-change dates, confirm with attendee calendars and official local guidance.

Yes. Choose the source city, date, time, and meeting duration. The planner shows the matching start and end time for every saved city and flags business-hour fit.

Yes. The Share button copies a URL with selected cities, home city, source city, time format, work hours, meeting time, and duration encoded in the query string.

No. Saved cities and settings are stored locally in this browser. CSV export is generated in the browser, and share links include only the setup you choose to copy.

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Sources & References

  1. 1.Time.gov - Official U.S. time(Accessed July 2026)
  2. 2.NIST Time and Frequency Division(Accessed July 2026)
  3. 3.IANA Time Zone Database(Accessed July 2026)
  4. 4.MDN Web Docs - Intl.DateTimeFormat(Accessed July 2026)
  5. 5.MDN Web Docs - Date(Accessed July 2026)
  6. 6.MDN Web Docs - Screen Wake Lock API(Accessed July 2026)
  7. 7.ISO - ISO 8601 date and time format(Accessed July 2026)