# Time Zone Conversions

Convert between timezones using the names of cities (with large populations), or using standard timezone abbreviations (GMT offsets are also supported)

```
6pm Sydney in Chicago | 1:00 am
2am PST to GMT        | 10:00 am
3pm GMT+8 to Paris    | 8:00 am
```

Airport codes can also be used instead of city names in time zone conversions

```
7:30am LAX to Japan | 11:30 pm
```

{% hint style="info" %}
You can even use country names in time zone conversions. For countries that span multiple time zones, the time zone of the country's capital city is used.
{% endhint %}

### Current time in a city

Get the current time in a place using `time in timezone` or `timezone time`

```
time in Paris    | 6:30 pm
Tokyo time       | 2:30 am
time in Thailand | Tomorrow at 12:30 am
```

If you're interested in just the date in a particular timezone, you can request that too

```
date in Vancouver | 15 February
```

### Time difference between cities

To find the time difference between places or timezones

```
time difference between Seattle and Moscow | 10 hours
difference between PDT & AEST              | 17 hours
```

### Short US timezone abbreviations

Soulver supports the following short timezone abbreviations for the United States:

| Abbreviation | Timezone               |
| ------------ | ---------------------- |
| EST          | Eastern Standard Time  |
| EDT          | Eastern Daylight Time  |
| CST          | Central Standard Time  |
| CDT          | Central Daylight Time  |
| MST          | Mountain Standard Time |
| MDT          | Mountain Daylight Time |
| PST          | Pacific Standard Time  |
| PDT          | Pacific Daylight Time  |
| AKST         | Alaska Standard Time   |
| AKDT         | Alaska Daylight Time   |
| HST          | Hawaii Standard Time   |

You can also use named US timezones like "eastern time", "pacific time", "mountain time", and "central time".

{% hint style="info" %}
Timezone abbreviations are case-insensitive, so "PST" and "pst" work identically.
{% endhint %}


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