# What time zone do you live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874 "2013-02-10T15:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/1 "2013-02-10T15:03:15Z")
Poll in progress. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/2 "2013-02-10T15:10:26Z")
You going to give us a link to find out what time zones those correspond to? Also, some time zones are off by 30 minutes or even 15 minutes from those. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/3 "2013-02-10T15:12:29Z")
You know what, I will make a new poll later. This one is a fail. _request for moderator to lock this thread_. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/4 "2013-02-10T15:37:23Z")
You also need to tell us whether to add in Daylight Saving Time: currently I’m on GMT+11, but in winter it’s GMT+10. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/5 "2013-02-10T15:40:17Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > You know what, I will make a new poll later. This one is a fail. _request for moderator to lock this thread_. I reported the thread for you. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/6 "2013-02-10T15:41:52Z")
GMT+7. But I won’t vote in public polls. ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/7 "2013-02-10T15:43:20Z")
Eastern Time (US) I believe that is GMT +5 when in standard time and +6 when in Daylight Savings Time. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/8 "2013-02-10T15:45:13Z")
> [@steviep24](#): > > Eastern Time (US) I believe that is GMT +5 when in standard time and +6 when in Daylight Savings Time. No, it’s GMT-5 now, and GMT-4 in summer. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/9 "2013-02-10T15:45:38Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > You also need to tell us whether to add in Daylight Saving Time: currently I’m on GMT+11, but in winter it’s GMT+10. If the purpose is to judge the longitudinal spread of the board, then it’s probably best to ask for non-DST-adjusted zones? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-do-you-live-in/649874/10 "2013-02-10T15:48:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > GMT+7. But I won’t vote in public polls. > [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > If the purpose is to judge the longitudinal spread of the board, then it’s probably best to ask for non-DST-adjusted zones? Thailand never changes its clocks, so DST is not an issue for me.