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The zone takes its name from the two areas it includes: Hawaii and the portion of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands west of 169° 30′ W longitude. During daylight saving time (DST), the Alaskan portion observes Hawaii –Aleutian Daylight Time (HDT, UTC −09:00), while Hawaii stays on standard time .
Hawaii is 5 hours behind New York .
The world is divided longitudinally into time zones , with each hour difference roughly 15 degrees apart. Due to some countries having half hour time zones , there are more than 24 times zones in the world.
six time zones
Hawaii is 3 hours behind the western states like California , Oregon, Washington and Nevada during Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). During Daylight Savings Time, Hawaii Standard Time (HST) is 4 hours behind Mountain Time, 5 hours behind Central Time and 6 hours behind Eastern Time.
Since Maui and Honolulu , Hawaii are in the same time zone , you can call someone during your normal hours and it will be the same time in Honolulu , HI as it is in Maui . This will be between 7AM – 11PM their time , since Honolulu , Hawaii is in the same time zone as Maui .
When planning a call between California and Hawaii , you need to consider that the states are in different time zones. California is 2 hours ahead of Hawaii . This time span will be between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm Hawaii time .
10 hours
For travelers who fly from Sacramento, San Francisco or San Jose, a direct flight to Honolulu takes about five hours and 40 minutes. The average flight to Honolulu from Los Angeles is typically only about 10 minutes longer, clocking in around five hours and 50 minutes.
China
Most of the time zones on land are offset from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ) by a whole number of hours ( UTC −11:00 ( UTC -12:00 is uninhabited) to UTC +14:00), but a few zones are offset by 30 or 45 minutes (e.g. Newfoundland Standard Time is UTC −03: 30 , Nepal Standard Time is UTC +05:45, Indian Standard Time is UTC +05:
For example, in New Delhi, India , they found themselves halfway between two meridians, and therefore decided to be 30 minutes between each, as opposed to adopting one time or the other. Also, even though India’s expansive regions cross two time zones , all of India carries the same time .
The states that observe more than one time-zone are Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska , Kansas , Texas , North Dakota, South Dakota , Florida , Michigan , Indiana , Kentucky , Tennessee , and Alaska. Among these, Alaska is the only state that is not part of contiguous United States.
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, North and South Dakota are divided between Central and Mountain time zones . Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee are split between Eastern and Central time zones . Alaska is split between the Alaska time zone and the Hawaii-Aleutian time zone .
Current Local Times in North America
Current Local Times in North America Sort By: City Country Time Cities Shown: Capitals (29) Most Popular (133) Popular (179) Somewhat Popular (459) | |
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London | Sat 7:00 pm |
Long Beach | Sat 4:00 pm |
Longueuil | Sat 7:00 pm |
Los Angeles | Sat 4:00 pm |