World time zones by country All the observed world time zones are listed by country (or territory) in the table below. There are independent states with multiple time zones, and the record-holder is France with 12 zones, but 11 of them are used in overseas areas and only one in the country's mainland. The situation is the same in the United Kingdom, Denmark, New Zealand, Netherlands. The countries with multiple time zones in the mainland area (some of them also have the insular territories) are Russia, USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kiribati, Micronesia, Chile, Spain, Portugal, and Ecuador. Time zone abbreviations list Here you can check local time in all world-wide time zones list sorted by alphabet. This list includes minor and unofficial time zones. For your convenience there is the choice between the 12 hour am/pm and 24 hour time formats. Interested in one particular timezone? By clicking on its name you can review the local time, UTC/GMT offset and linked time zones. The following map is offline available (without any additional download): • time zones of the world