Time Zone Cube

This cube can display the names of most national capitals, major towns and of some places of the Globe, together with their associated UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) Time Offsets. DST (Daylight Saving Time) can also be displayed as an option.

Time Offsets can be displayed from UTC-10 up to UTC+10 in :30 increments. Time Offsets that are outside this range, ie from UTC-12 to UTC-10 or UTC+10 to UTC+14, can still be used by displaying only their last digit on the bottom layer.

The abbreviated city or place names and their Time Offsets can be displayed on a selected cube face by rotating and twisting some parts of the cube. In the initial state the cube shows an UTC Time Offset of +0 for LON (London, Great Britain), which is the UTC Time Offset there in winter time. The offset would have been set to +1 in summer time.

UTC-12:00

BAKer, Island, USA.

UTC-11:00

PALmyra, Atoll, USA.

UTC-10:00

BORa Bora, Island, French Polynesia.

MEHetia, Island, French Polynesia.

SOCiety, Archipelago, French Polynesia.

TAHiti, Island, French Polynesia.

TOKelau, Islands, New Zealand.

HONolulu, Hawaii, USA.

UTC-09:30

MARquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

UTC-09:00

MANgareva, Island, French Polynesia.

UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00 (DST)

Los Angeles, California, USA.

LAX, Los Angeles Airport, California, USA.

SAN Diego, California, USA.

SAN Francisco, California, USA.

SAN Jose, California, USA.

LAS Vegas, Nevada, USA.

PORtland, Oregon, USA.

UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00 (DST)

DENver, Colorado, USA.

El PASo, Texas, USA.

UTC-06:00

BELize City, Belize.

BELmopan, Belize.

SAN José, Costa Rica.

SAN Salvador, El Salvador.

MANagua, Nicaragua.

UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 (DST)

MEXico City, Mexico.

MONterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

DALlas, Texas, USA.

UTC-05:00

PORt-au-Prince, Haiti.

PANama City, Panama.

UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00 (DST)

City of TORonto, Ontario, Canada.

MONtreal City, Quebec, Canada.

NASsau, The Bahamas.

BALtimore, Maryland, USA.

BOSton, Massachussets, USA.

New York City, New York, USA.

COLumbus, Ohio, USA.

UTC-04:30

CARacas, Venezuela.

UTC-04:00

La PAZ, Bolivia.

SANto Domingo, Dominican Republic.

BASseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

CAStries, Saint Lucia.

PORt of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

SAN Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00 (DST)

MARigot, Island, Saint Martin, France.

SANtiago, Chile.

UTC-03:00

MAR del Plata, Argentina.

BELo Horizonte, Brazil.

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil.

SAO Paulo, Brazil.

PARamaribo, Suriname.

UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 (DST)

MONtevideo, Uruguay.

UTC-02:00

MARtim Vaz, Island, Brazil.

UTC-01:00

PONta Delgada, Capital City, Azores, Portugal.

UTC+00:00

BANjul, Gambia.

CONakry, Guinea.

MONrovia, Liberia.

CASablanca, Morocco.

SAO Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.

DAKar, Senegal.

LANzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.

UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 (DST)

LONdon, Great Britain.

CORk, Ireland.

Isle of MAN, self-governing Crown dependency.

UTC+01:00

BANgui, Central African Republic.

PORto Novo, Benin.

MALabo, Equatorial Guinea.

TORshavn, Faroe Islands.

BENin City, Southern Nigeria.

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 (DST)

BORdeaux, France.

DAX, France.

La ROChelle, France.

MARseille, France.

NANtes, France.

NARbonne, France.

PARis, France.

COLmar, Alsace, France.

LANdreger, Brittany, France.

LANniliz, Brittany, France.

LANnuon, Brittany, France.

BERlin, Germany.

DORtmund, Germany.

PALermo, Sicilia, Italy.

TORino, Italy.

MONaco, Monaco.

SAN MARino, Most Serene Republic of San Marino.

BERgen, Norway.

BELgrade, Serbia.

BARcelona, Spain.

STOckholm, Sweden.

BASel, Switzerland.

BERn, Switzerland.

UTC+02:00

CAIro, Egypt.

TEL Aviv, Israel.

MASeru, Lesotho.

MANzini, Swaziland.

UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00 (DST)

TALlinn, Estonia.

ATHens, Greece.

ZAKynthos, Ionian Island, Greece.

NAXos City, Naxos Island, Greece.

BEIrut, Lebanon.

LARnaca, Republic of Cyprus.

NICosia, Republic of Cyprus.

PALmyra, Syria.

UTC+03:00

BAHrain City, Bahrain.

MANama, Bahrain.

MORoni, Comores.

NAIrobi, Kenya.

MOSul, Northern Iraq.

DOHa, Qatar.

MAKkah (Mecca), Saudi Arabia.

DAR es Salaam, Tanzania.

SANaa, Yemen.

UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00 (DST)

MOScow, Russia.

UTC+03:30

TEHran, Iran.

UTC+04:00

PORt Louis, Mauritius.

UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00 (DST)

BAKu, Azerbaijan.

UTC+05:00

MALé, Maldives.

LAHore, Punjab, Pakistan.

TAShkent, Uzbekistan.

UTC+05:30

BANgalore, India.

HYDerabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

New DELhi, Dehli, India.

COLombo, Sri Lanka.

UTC+06:00

BARisal, Southern District, Bangladesh.

UTC+06:30

RANgoon (Yangon), Myanmar.

UTC+07:00

BANdung, West Java, Indonesia.

BANgkok, Thailand.

HANoi, Vietnam.

HO Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

UTC+08:00

PERth, Australia.

BEIjing, People's Republic of China (PRC).

HONg Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).

NANjing, People's Republic of China (PRC).

MANila, Philippines.

TAIpei City, Republic of China (ROC).

SINgapore City, Singapore.

UTC+09:00

TOKyo, Japan.

MELekeok, Palau.

UTC+09:30

DARwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

UTC+10:00

PORt MOResby, Papua New Guinea.

UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 (DST)

CANberra, Capital City, Australia.

SYDney, New South Wales, Australia.

MELbourne, Victoria, Australia.

UTC+10:30, UTC+11:00 (DST)

LORd Howe Island, Australia.

UTC+11:00

PALikir, Capital, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

POHnpei, State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

New CALedonia, Overseas Territory, France.

HONiara, Solomon Islands.

PORt Vila, Vanuatu.

UTC+11:30

NORfolk Island, Self Governing Territory, Australia.

UTC+12:00

MALoelap Atoll, Marshall Islands.

MARshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

UTC+13:00

TONga Archipelago, Kingdom of Tonga.

UTC+12:00, UTC+13:00, UTC+14:00

South TARawa, Capital, Republic of Kiribati.

The layout of the Time Zone Cube was created in 2008 by André Boulouard and Walter Randelshofer.

PDF document with algorithms by André Boulouard for displaying time zones and city names on the cube.

Faces of the cube: 1024 x 1024, 2048 x 2048

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