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United Arab Emirates
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GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
12am
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The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).

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4:00 pm16:00 GST (UTC+4), Oct 10, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 10, 2026

Al Ain City is 4 hours ahead of GMT.

How the time difference changes

Al Ain City is 4 hours ahead of GMT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Al Ain City correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in GMT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Al Ain City correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in GMT.

Compare Al Ain City time with GMT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

GST (Gulf Standard Time) is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT

Al Ain City to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in Al Ain City which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in GMT

4:00 pm16:00 GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT

Al Ain City, United Arab EmiratesGMT
12:00am8:00pm
1:00am9:00pm
2:00am10:00pm
3:00am11:00pm
4:00am12:00am
5:00am1:00am
6:00am2:00am
7:00am3:00am
8:00am4:00am
9:00am5:00am
10:00am6:00am
11:00am7:00am
12:00pm8:00am
1:00pm9:00am
2:00pm10:00am
3:00pm11:00am
4:00pm12:00pm
5:00pm1:00pm
6:00pm2:00pm
7:00pm3:00pm
8:00pm4:00pm
9:00pm5:00pm
10:00pm6:00pm
11:00pm7:00pm
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Al Ain City Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GST - Gulf Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+4:00 hours during Gulf Standard Time, currently in use.

Al Ain City Facts

Country
United Arab Emirates
Alternative Names
AAN, Ainas, Al Ain, Al Ain City, Al Ajn, Al Ayn, Al `Ayn, Al Ɛayn, Al ‘Ayn, Al-Ain, Al-Ajn, Al-Ayin, Al-Ayn, Al-Aïn, Ehl'-Ajn, El Ain, El-Ajn, ai yin, al ain, al-ain, al-aini, alʿyn, ela ena, mdynt alʿyn, Ел Аин, Эль-Айн, Ալ-Ային, אל-עין, العين, العین, مدينة العين, एल एन, அல் ஐன், അൽ ഐൻ, ალ-აინი, アル・アイン, 艾因, 알아인
Population
846,747
Currency
Dirham (AED)
Geographic Coordinates
24° 11' N Latitude / 55° 45' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+971

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT Time Zone Geo Map
GMT timezone map

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone