Scoresbysund — America/Scoresbysund
The current local time in the America/Scoresbysund IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Greenland in the area around Scoresbysund. The zone is currently at UTC -01:00 · GMT-1 and observes daylight saving time.
America/Scoresbysund
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-1
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -01:00
Daylight saving: Observed
January offset -02:00 · July offset -01:00
Countries using America/Scoresbysund
Scoresbysund vs. major cities
How far Scoresbysund is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Scoresbysund, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Scoresbysund | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Paris · France | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Delhi · India | +6:30 h | 15:30 | 09:00–10:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Scoresbysund time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Scoresbysund
Since 1970, Scoresbysund has gone through 6 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 45 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2025, is UTC -02:00 with UTC -01:00 in daylight saving time.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 23:00 → 00:00 | UTC -01:00 |
| Sunday, 25 October 2026 | Back 1 hour | 00:00 → 23:00 | UTC -02:00 |
| Saturday, 27 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 23:00 → 00:00 | UTC -01:00 |
| Sunday, 31 October 2027 | Back 1 hour | 00:00 → 23:00 | UTC -02:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1979 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1980 | UTC -02:00, DST UTC -01:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in April, back on the last Sunday in September |
| 1981 | UTC -01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1982–2023 | UTC -01:00, DST UTC +00:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1996) |
| 2024 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2025–2026 | UTC -02:00, DST UTC -01:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Scoresbysund
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Scoresbysund on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
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