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UTC+6 time now

7:40PM

UTC+6

+11 h vs New York (you)

About UTC+6

UTC+6 is 6 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time: when it is noon UTC, it is 6:00 PM at UTC+6.

6 zones keep UTC+6 all year, covering 6 countries or territories: Bangladesh, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and British Indian Ocean Territory.

For a fixed offset in software, tzdata provides Etc/GMT-6; note the inverted sign of these POSIX-style names.

UTC+6 and the sun

Across the large cities that keep UTC+6 all year, the clock runs 14 minutes behind mean solar time in Hami (93.5°) and 69 minutes ahead of it in Osh (72.8°). The offset’s own meridian is 90° east: the further a city lies from it, the further its clocks drift from the sun.

Neighbouring offsets: UTC+5:45 (Kathmandu) and UTC+6:30 (Yangon).

Zones that moved to or from UTC+6 since 1970

Changes of the winter (standard) offset recorded in tzdata; ordinary seasonal daylight saving changes are not counted:

Since when UTC+6 has been used

The tzdata record of each zone that keeps UTC+6 as its standard time, with the date it moved to UTC+6 and the time it kept before. The earliest is Ürümqi, on UTC+6 since Saturday, December 31, 1927; the most recent is Omsk, since Sunday, October 26, 2014.

ZoneOn UTC+6 sinceBefore
Ürümqi Asia/UrumqiSaturday, December 31, 1927local mean time (UTC+5:50)
Dhaka Asia/DhakaSunday, September 30, 1951UTC+6:30
Thimphu Asia/ThimphuThursday, October 1, 1987UTC+5:30
Chagos Indian/ChagosMonday, January 1, 1996UTC+5
Bishkek Asia/BishkekThursday, August 11, 2005UTC+5
Omsk Asia/OmskSunday, October 26, 2014UTC+7

UTC+6 converted to other offsets

Fixed offsets only, so the table holds on any date; a city that observes daylight saving time is an hour later than its standard column in summer.

UTC+6UTC (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)CET (UTC+1)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)AEST (UTC+10)
12:00 AM6:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 PM (−1 day)10:00 AM (−1 day)7:00 PM (−1 day)11:30 PM (−1 day)3:00 AM4:00 AM
6:00 AM12:00 AM7:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 AM5:30 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM
9:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 AM8:30 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM
12:00 PM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 AM11:30 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM
3:00 PM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM
6:00 PM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 PM5:30 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM
9:00 PM3:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 AM4:00 PM8:30 PM12:00 AM (+1 day)1:00 AM (+1 day)

On UTC+6 all year

Main cityZoneCountriesNow
DhakaAsia/DhakaBangladesh7:40 PM UTC+6
ÜrümqiAsia/UrumqiChina7:40 PM UTC+6
OmskAsia/OmskRussia7:40 PM UTC+6
BishkekAsia/BishkekKyrgyzstan7:40 PM UTC+6
ThimphuAsia/ThimphuBhutan7:40 PM UTC+6
ChagosIndian/ChagosBritish Indian Ocean Territory7:40 PM UTC+6

Questions

What time is it at UTC+6?
The clock at the top shows it, corrected for your device’s clock error. UTC+6 is 6 hours ahead of UTC.
Which countries use UTC+6?
All year: Bangladesh, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and British Indian Ocean Territory.
Is GMT+6 the same as UTC+6?
Yes. “GMT+6” and “UTC+6” mean the same offset; UTC is the modern name. Only the POSIX zone names Etc/GMT±h flip the sign.

Neighbouring offsets and related pages