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The UAE is four hours ahead of UCT (Universal Coordinated Time – formerly known as GMT). There is no summer time saving when clocks are altered. So this means the UAE stays the same when Europe has its daylight savings from the last Sunday in March through to the last Sunday in October – during this period the time difference is one hour less, so when it is 12:00 in the UAE it is 09:00 in the UK instead of 08:00 as it is during the winter. In North America daylight saving runs from the first Sunday in April through to the last Sunday in October.



The following table lists time differences in various cities around the world, not allowing for any daylight savings hours in those cities:



Manama -1

Kuwait City -1

Muscat 0

Riyadh -1

Doha -1

Athens -2

Auckland +8

Bangkok +3

Beijing +4

Canberra +6

Colombo +2

Denver -11

Dublin -4

Hong Kong +4

Johannesburg -2

Jordan -2

Karachi +1

Lebanon -2

London -4

Los Angeles -12

Mexico City/Dallas -10

Moscow -1

Mumbai +2

Munich -3

New York -9

Paris -3

Perth +4

Prague -3

Rome -3

Singapore +4

Sydney +6

Syria -2

Tokyo +5

Toronto -9

Wellington +8