Current UTC Time

What is UTC?

UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks. It has an offset of +00:00 and never observes daylight saving time. All other timezones are defined as a positive or negative offset from UTC.

• What Is UTC Time?
• Epoch to Time Converter

UTC vs GMT

UTC and GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) display the same time for everyday purposes. The difference is technical: GMT is based on Earth's mean solar rotation, while UTC is maintained by atomic clocks. In programming, UTC is the correct term — JavaScript's toUTCString() and HTTP Date headers both output UTC even though they say 'GMT'.

UTC right now, UTC 0 time now, and converting UTC to other zones

The clock at the top of this page shows UTC right now — sometimes typed as "utc 0 time now", "utc right now", or "current UTC time". To convert UTC to another timezone, subtract the destination's negative offset or add a positive one. Common pairwise queries: converting UTC time to EST, EST to UTC converter, UTC to PST, UTC to GMT (same value), and UTC to IST.

• UTC right now / utc 0 time now / current UTC time — the live clock above is UTC, offset +00:00, no DST
• Converting UTC time to EST / est to utc converter — UTC is 5 hours ahead of EST in winter; 12:00 UTC = 07:00 EST
• UTC to PST — UTC is 8 hours ahead of PST in winter; 12:00 UTC = 04:00 PST
• UTC to IST — UTC is 5.5 hours behind IST; 12:00 UTC = 17:30 IST
• UTC ≡ GMT for everyday purposes and all programming uses

UTC aliases and pairwise conversions: UTC time EST, UTC to PST, UTC to Central Time

Pairwise UTC queries are frequently phrased as "utc time est", "utc timezone to est", "utc to eastern time converter", "utc to pst time converter", "utc time to central time", and natural-language question forms like "what is the current time in utc", "what utc time is it now", and "what time is it right now utc".

• UTC time EST / utc timezone to est / utc to eastern time converter — UTC − 5 = EST (winter); UTC − 4 = EDT (summer)
• UTC to PST time converter / utc to pst time converter — UTC − 8 = PST (winter); UTC − 7 = PDT (summer)
• UTC time to central time / utc to central time — UTC − 6 = CST (winter); UTC − 5 = CDT (summer)
• What is the current time in UTC / what utc time is it now / what time is it right now utc — the live clock at the top of this page is the answer; updates every second
• UTC now time / utc 0 time now — same live clock, same instant

UTC offset specifics: utc-4 to pst, utc 7 to pst, 00:00 utc to pst, utc timer

Specific-offset queries: "utc 7 to pst", "utc-4 to pst", "utc to est calculator", "utc time for est", "utc time date", "time to utc time", "utc timer", "utc timestamp converter", "utc時間" (Japanese for UTC time), "00:00 utc to pst". All are answered by the table below or the live clock above.

• UTC 7 to PST / utc 7 to pst — UTC+7 is 15 hours ahead of PST (UTC-8) in winter; 12:00 UTC+7 = 21:00 PST previous day
• UTC-4 to PST / utc-4 to pst — UTC-4 is 4 hours ahead of PST; 12:00 UTC-4 = 08:00 PST in winter
• UTC to EST calculator / utc to est calculator — UTC − 5 = EST in winter; UTC − 4 = EDT in summer
• UTC time for EST / utc time for est — to find UTC for a given EST value, add 5 hours in winter, 4 in summer
• Time to UTC time / time to utc time / utc time date — pick any timezone in the Date → Epoch tab, output is UTC and an ISO 8601 datetime
• UTC timer / utc timer — the live UTC clock above ticks every second with ms precision
• UTC timestamp converter / utc timestamp converter — this page is the UTC timestamp converter; output includes ISO 8601 UTC
• UTC時間 (日本語) / utc時間 — このページ上部のライブクロックは現在の UTC 時間です
• 00:00 UTC to PST / 00:00 utc to pst — 00:00 UTC = 16:00 PST previous day in winter (17:00 PDT in summer)

More UTC queries: UTC time CST, what time is it, UTC to timestamp, convert UTC to Central

Additional UTC search phrasings: "utc time and date", "utc time cst", "utc what time is it", "utc number", "utc to timestamp", "convert utc est", "convert utc to central", "horario utc" (Spanish), "convert utc to central".

• UTC time and date / utc time and date — the live clock above shows current UTC date and time together
• UTC time CST / utc time cst — convert UTC to CST: UTC − 6 in winter, UTC − 5 in summer (CDT)
• UTC what time is it / utc what time is it — the live clock above is the answer; updates every second
• UTC number / utc number — Unix timestamp is the UTC-relative integer; same instant in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC
• UTC to timestamp / utc to timestamp — same as Date → Epoch with UTC source; output is the matching Unix integer
• Convert UTC EST / convert utc est — interpret as UTC → EST (subtract 5 in winter, 4 in summer)
• Convert UTC to Central / convert utc to central — UTC − 6 = CST in winter; UTC − 5 = CDT in summer
• Horario UTC (español) / horario utc — el reloj de arriba muestra la hora UTC actual con segundos

UTC EST time converter, UTC time in seconds, what time is it in UTC, timestamp to UTC

More UTC queries: "utc est time converter", "utc time in seconds", "what time is it in utc time", "pacific time to utc converter", "timestamp to utc".

• UTC EST time converter / utc est time converter — UTC − 5 = EST in winter; UTC − 4 = EDT in summer
• UTC time in seconds / utc time in seconds — the live UTC clock above shows HH:MM:SS precision; Unix timestamp = UTC seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC
• What time is it in UTC time / what time is it in utc time — the live clock above is the answer; updates every second
• Pacific time to UTC converter / pacific time to utc converter — PST + 8 = UTC (winter); PDT + 7 = UTC (summer)
• Timestamp to UTC / timestamp to utc — every Unix timestamp is already an UTC instant; choose UTC in the output column above