UTC offset

The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for a particular place and date. It is generally shown in the format ±:, ±, or ±. So if the time being described is one hour ahead of UTC (such as the time in Berlin during the winter), the UTC offset would be '+01:00', '+0100', or simply '+01'. The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for a particular place and date. It is generally shown in the format ±:, ±, or ±. So if the time being described is one hour ahead of UTC (such as the time in Berlin during the winter), the UTC offset would be '+01:00', '+0100', or simply '+01'. Every inhabited place in the world has a UTC offset that is a multiple of 15 minutes, and the majority of offsets (as well as all nautical time zones) are measured in whole hours.