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12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 13, 2026 = 4:00 pm16:00 RET (UTC+4), Oct 13, 2026

UTC is 4 hours behind RET.

UTC and RET examples

These examples always use UTC (UTC+0) and RET (UTC+4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

UTC is 4 hours behind RET.

How the time difference changes

UTC is 4 hours behind RET year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in RET.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in RET.

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

Time Difference

Coordinated Universal Time is 4 hours behind Reunion Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 4:00 pm16:00 in RET

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

12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Reunion Time (RET). Offset UTC +4:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 4:00 pm16:00 RET

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Coordinated Universal Time

Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
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 - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Reunion Time

Offset: RET is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Réunion

Principal Cities: The largest city in the RET time zone is Saint-Denis in Reunion, with about 154,765 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint-André.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Reunion Time (RET) do not change for daylight saving time, so RET stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

RET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for RET
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time