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  Elite Time Pages
Since Timing and Time is so important for trading, we have dedicated this page for time and timing.

 

 

  trading Time Zones (OPEN, CLOSE)  

 world Time In 50 zones

 

MEETING TIME PLANNER

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List of countries

Most countries that observe daylight saving time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am.

Continent Country Beginning and ending days
Africa Egypt Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September
Namibia Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Asia Most states of the former USSR. Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Iraq Start: April 1
End: October 1
  Israel (more info) (Estimate, Israel decides the dates every year)
Start: First Friday in April
End: First Friday in September
Lebanon, Kirgizstan Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
  Mongolia Stopped in 2002
Palestine (more info) (Estimate)
Start: First Friday on or after 15 April
End: First Friday on or after 15 October
  Syria Start: April 1
End: October 1
Iran Start: the first day of Farvardin
End: the first day of Mehr
Australasia Australia - South Australia, Victoria,
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales,
Lord Howe Island		 Start: Last Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March
Australia - Tasmania Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March
  Fiji Stopped in 2000
 
New Zealand, Chatham -
Start: First Sunday in October
End: Third Sunday in March
  Tonga Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in January
Europe European Union
UK 		Start: Last Sunday in March at 1 am UTC
End: Last Sunday in October at 1 am UTC
  Russia Start: Last Sunday in March at 2 am local time
End: Last Sunday in October at 2 am local time
North America United States, Canada, Mexico
St. Johns, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos		 Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October
Cuba Start: April 1
End: Last Sunday in October
  Greenland Same as EU
 
South America Brazil
(rules vary quite a bit from year to year).
Also, equatorial Brazil does not observe DST.		 Start: First Sunday in November
End: Third Sunday in February
  Chile
Start: Second Saturday of October - at midnight
End: Second Saturday of March - at midnight
  Falklands Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April
  Paraguay Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Antarctica Antarctica (varies, see below)

 

Index of time zone abbreviations

Alphabetically sorted - click on any abbreviation for more information. Note that some of the abbreviations are not unique, these will have several entries in the list. Other time zones have many common names, and each of these will be listed as well.

Abbreviation Full name Location Time zone
A Alpha Time Zone Military UTC + 1 hour
ACDT Australian Central Daylight Time Australia UTC + 10:30 hours
ACST Australian Central Standard Time Australia UTC + 9:30 hours
ADT Atlantic Daylight Time North America UTC - 3 hours
AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time Australia UTC + 11 hours
AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time Australia UTC + 10 hours
AKDT Alaska Daylight Time North America UTC - 8 hours
AKST Alaska Standard Time North America UTC - 9 hours
AST Atlantic Standard Time North America UTC - 4 hours
AWST Australian Western Standard Time Australia UTC + 8 hours
B Bravo Time Zone Military UTC + 2 hours
BST British Summer Time Europe UTC + 1 hour
C Charlie Time Zone Military UTC + 3 hours
CDT Central Daylight Time Australia UTC + 10:30 hours
CDT Central Daylight Time North America UTC - 5 hours
CEST Central European Summer Time Europe UTC + 2 hours
CET Central European Time Europe UTC + 1 hour
CST Central Standard Time Australia UTC + 9:30 hours
CST Central Standard Time North America UTC - 6 hours
CXT Christmas Island Time Australia UTC + 7 hours
D Delta Time Zone Military UTC + 4 hours
E Echo Time Zone Military UTC + 5 hours
EDT Eastern Daylight Time Australia UTC + 11 hours
EDT Eastern Daylight Time North America UTC - 4 hours
EEST Eastern European Summer Time Europe UTC + 3 hours
EET Eastern European Time Europe UTC + 2 hours
EST Eastern Standard Time Australia UTC + 10 hours
EST Eastern Standard Time North America UTC - 5 hours
F Foxtrot Time Zone Military UTC + 6 hours
G Golf Time Zone Military UTC + 7 hours
GMT Greenwich Mean Time Europe UTC
H Hotel Time Zone Military UTC + 8 hours
HAA Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique North America UTC - 3 hours
HAC Heure Avancée du Centre North America UTC - 5 hours
HADT Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time North America UTC - 9 hours
HAE Heure Avancée de l'Est North America UTC - 4 hours
HAP Heure Avancée du Pacifique North America UTC - 7 hours
HAR Heure Avancée des Rocheuses North America UTC - 6 hours
HAST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time North America UTC - 10 hours
HAT Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve North America UTC - 2:30 hours
HAY Heure Avancée du Yukon North America UTC - 8 hours
HNA Heure Normale de l'Atlantique North America UTC - 4 hours
HNC Heure Normale du Centre North America UTC - 6 hours
HNE Heure Normale de l'Est North America UTC - 5 hours
HNP Heure Normale du Pacifique North America UTC - 8 hours
HNR Heure Normale des Rocheuses North America UTC - 7 hours
HNT Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve North America UTC - 3:30 hours
HNY Heure Normale du Yukon North America UTC - 9 hours
I India Time Zone Military UTC + 9 hours
IST Irish Summer Time Europe UTC + 1 hour
K Kilo Time Zone Military UTC + 10 hours
L Lima Time Zone Military UTC + 11 hours
M Mike Time Zone Military UTC + 12 hours
MDT Mountain Daylight Time North America UTC - 6 hours
MESZ Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Europe UTC + 2 hours
MEZ Mitteleuropäische Zeit Europe UTC + 1 hour
MST Mountain Standard Time North America UTC - 7 hours
N November Time Zone Military UTC - 1 hour
NDT Newfoundland Daylight Time North America UTC - 2:30 hours
NFT Norfolk (Island) Time Australia UTC + 11:30 hours
NST Newfoundland Standard Time North America UTC - 3:30 hours
O Oscar Time Zone Military UTC - 2 hours
P Papa Time Zone Military UTC - 3 hours
PDT Pacific Daylight Time North America UTC - 7 hours
PST Pacific Standard Time North America UTC - 8 hours
Q Quebec Time Zone Military UTC - 4 hours
R Romeo Time Zone Military UTC - 5 hours
S Sierra Time Zone Military UTC - 6 hours
T Tango Time Zone Military UTC - 7 hours
U Uniform Time Zone Military UTC - 8 hours
UTC Coordinated Universal Time Europe UTC
V Victor Time Zone Military UTC - 9 hours
W Whiskey Time Zone Military UTC - 10 hours
WEST Western European Summer Time Europe UTC + 1 hour
WET Western European Time Europe UTC
WST Western Standard Time Australia UTC + 8 hours
X X-ray Time Zone Military UTC - 11 hours
Y Yankee Time Zone Military UTC - 12 hours
Z Zulu Time Zone Military UTC

 

Forex Market Activity Schedules for Various Time Zones

from April 4 to October 31, 2004
Asian events (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore) will happen one hour earlier than in winter for North American traders
London is trading on British Summer Time BST=GMT+1
time zone
market activity		 Sydney
AEST		 Tokyo Singapore
Hong Kong		 Moscow
Baghdad		 Frankfurt
Zurich
CET		 London
BST=GMT+1		 GMT
 EST
New York		 PST
Vancouver
Australian start 9:00 8:00 7:00 3:00 1:00 0:00 prev.day
23:00		 19:00 16:00
Japan fundamentals 9:50 8:50 7:50 3:50 1:50 0:50 23:50
prev.day		 19:50 16:50
Asian Open 10:00 9:00 8:00 4:00 2:00 1:00 0:00 prev.day
20:00		 17:00
Asian dying out 13:00 12:00 11:00 7:00 5:00 4:00 3:00 23:00
prev.day		 20:00
European Open 16:00 15:00 14:00 10:00 8:00 7:00 6:00 2:00 prev.day
23:00
Eurozone fundamentals 16:45
...		 15:45
...		 14:45
...		 10:45
...		 8:45
...		 7:45
...		 6:45
...		 2:45
...		 23:45
prev.day
London Activity 17:00 16:00 15:00 11:00 9:00 8:00 7:00 3:00 0:00
UK economic figures 18:30 17:30 16:30 12:30 10:30 9:30 8:30 4:30 1:30
New York Open
22:00		 21:00 20:00 16:00 14:00 13:00 12:00 8:00 5:00
USA economic figures 22:30 21:30 20:30 16:30 14:30 13:30 12:30 8:30 5:30
European Close next day
2:00		 next day
1:00		 next day
0:00		 20:00 18:00 17:00 16:00 12:00 9:00
American Close 6:00 5:00 4:00 0:00
next day		 22:00 21:00 20:00 16:00 13:00

 

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