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Abbreviations & Acronyms

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Site Abbreviations

Abbreviation Word or Phrase
1st Q / First Qtr First Quarter (moon phase)
Campgd(s) Campground(s)
CDP Census-designated Place
DST Daylight Saving Time
Equx, Eqx Equinox
Ft Fort
Full M Full Moon
GA Georgia; General Aviation
Grtr, Gtr Greater
Hbr Harbor
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Int'l, INTL International
Is, Isl Island
Isls Islands
L Qtr Last Quarter (moon phase)
Lat Latitude
Len Day Length
Lk, LK Lake
LN Lane
Lon, Long Longitude
LRRS Long Range Radar Site/Station
M-rise Moonrise
M-set Moonset
Mt Mount, Mountain
Nat'l National
New M New Moon
Pt Point
Sols Solstice
St Saint, Street
Ste Saint
Twi Twilight
Twi A Astronomical Twilight
Twi N Nautical Twilight
URL Uniform Resource Locator (e.g., https://www.sunrisesunset.com/predefined.asp)

Timezone Abbreviations

Abbreviation Timezone Name
Universal
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
North America
NST / NDT Newfoundland Standard / Daylight Time
AST / ADT Atlantic Standard / Daylight Time
EST / EDT Eastern Standard / Daylight Time
CST / CDT Central Standard / Daylight Time
MST / MDT Mountain Standard / Daylight Time
PST / PDT Pacific Standard / Daylight Time
PT Pacific Time (British Columbia, Canada; since 8 Mar 2026)
AKST / AKDT Alaska Standard / Daylight Time
HST / HDT Hawaii Standard / Daylight Time
AHST / AHDT Alaska-Hawaii Standard / Daylight Time
YST / YDT Yukon Standard / Daylight Time
Central & South America
CST / CDT Cuba Standard / Daylight Time
COT / CODT Colombia Time / Colombia Daylight Time
VET Venezuelan Standard Time
PET / PEDT Peru Time / Peru Daylight Time
ART Argentina Time
ACT / ACST Acre Time / Acre Summer Time
AMT / AMST Amazon Time / Amazon Summer Time
BRT / BRST Brasília Time / Brasília Summer Time
FNT / FNST Fernando de Noronha Time / Fernando de Noronha Summer Time
EAST / EASST Easter Island Standard / Summer Time
Europe
GMT / BST Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time
BDST British Double Summer Time
IST Irish Standard Time; Irish Summer Time
WET / WEST Western European Time / Summer Time
CET / CEST Central European Time / Summer Time
EET / EEST Eastern European Time / Summer Time
MSK / MSD Moscow Time / Moscow Daylight Time
MDST Moscow Double Summer Time
TRT Turkey Time
Africa
WAT / WADT West Africa Time / West Africa Daylight Time
CAT / CADT Central Africa Time / Central Africa Daylight Time
SAST / SADT South Africa Standard / Daylight Time
EAT / EADT Eastern Africa Time / Eastern Africa Daylight Time
Middle East & South Asia
IST / IDT Israel Standard / Daylight Time
AST / ADT Arabia Standard / Daylight Time
IST Indian Standard Time
PKST / PKDT Pakistan Standard / Daylight Time
East & Southeast Asia
UZT Uzbekistan Time
ICT Indochina Time
WIB Western Indonesia Time
WITA Central Indonesia Time
WIT Eastern Indonesia Time
HKT / HKDT Hong Kong Time / Hong Kong Daylight Time
CST / CDT China Standard / Daylight Time
PST / PDT Philippine Standard / Daylight Time
SST / SDT Singapore Standard / Daylight Time
JST / JDT Japan Standard / Daylight Time
KST / KDT Korea Standard / Daylight Time
NST National Standard Time (Taiwan Standard Time)
Australia & Pacific
AWST / AWDT Australian Western Standard / Daylight Time
AWCST / AWCDT Australian Western Central Standard / Daylight Time
ACST / ACDT Australian Central Standard / Daylight Time
AEST / AEDT Australian Eastern Standard / Daylight Time
NFST / NFDT Norfolk Standard / Daylight Time
NZST / NZDT New Zealand Standard / Daylight Time
SST / SDT Samoa Standard / Daylight Time
BST / BDT Bougainville Standard / Daylight Time
ChST / ChDT Chamorro Standard / Daylight Time
Atlantic
AZOST / AZODT Azores Standard / Daylight Time

Historical Timezone Abbreviations

Before the adoption of standard time zones, many cities kept their own local mean time based on the position of the sun at their specific longitude. These historical timezone names appear on calendars for dates before standard time was adopted in each location.

Abbreviation Timezone Name Location
General
LMT Local Mean Time Any location before standard time adoption
The Americas
AMT Asunción Mean Time Asunción, Paraguay
BMT Bermuda Mean Time Bermuda
BMT Bogotá Mean Time Bogotá, Colombia
CMT Calamarca Mean Time Calamarca, Bolivia
CMT Caracas Mean Time Caracas, Venezuela
CMT Castries Mean Time Castries, Saint Lucia
CMT Colón Mean Time Colón, Panama
CMT Córdoba Mean Time Córdoba, Argentina
EMT Easter Mean Time Easter Island, Chile
FFMT Fort-de-France Mean Time Fort-de-France, Martinique
HMT Havana Mean Time Havana, Cuba
KMT Kingston Mean Time Kingston, Jamaica
LMT Lima Mean Time Lima, Peru
MMT Managua Mean Time Managua, Nicaragua
MMT Montevideo Mean Time Montevideo, Uruguay
PMT Paramaribo Mean Time Paramaribo, Suriname
PPMT Port-au-Prince Mean Time Port-au-Prince, Haiti
QMT Quito Mean Time Quito, Ecuador
SDMT Santo Domingo Mean Time Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
SJMT San José Mean Time San José, Costa Rica
SMT Santiago Mean Time Santiago, Chile
SMT Stanley Mean Time Stanley, Falkland Islands
Europe
AMT Amsterdam Mean Time Amsterdam, Netherlands
BMT Bucharest Mean Time Bucharest, Romania
CMT Chisinau Mean Time Chisinau, Moldova
CMT Copenhagen Mean Time Copenhagen, Denmark
DMT Dublin Mean Time Dublin, Ireland
HMT Helsinki Mean Time Helsinki, Finland
IMT Istanbul Mean Time Istanbul, Turkey
KMT Kaunas Mean Time Kaunas, Lithuania
KMT Kyiv Mean Time Kyiv, Ukraine
LMT Lisbon Mean Time Lisbon, Portugal
MMT Minsk Mean Time Minsk, Belarus
MMT Moscow Mean Time Moscow, Russia
PMT Paris Mean Time Paris, France
PMT Perm Mean Time Perm, Russia
RMT Riga Mean Time Riga, Latvia
SET Swedish Mean Time Sweden
SMT Simferopol Mean Time Simferopol, Crimea
TBMT Tbilisi Mean Time Tbilisi, Georgia
TMT Tallinn Mean Time Tallinn, Estonia
TMT Tehran Mean Time Tehran, Iran
WMT Warsaw Mean Time Warsaw, Poland
Africa
ADMT Adis Dera Mean Time Adis Dera, Ethiopia
BMT Banjul Mean Time Banjul, Gambia
FMT Freetown Mean Time Freetown, Sierra Leone
MMT Monrovia Mean Time Monrovia, Liberia
ZMT Zomba Mean Time Zomba, Malawi
Atlantic Islands
FMT Funchal Mean Time Funchal, Madeira
HMT Horta Mean Time Horta, Azores
JMT Jamestown Mean Time Jamestown, Saint Helena
Asia
AMT Athens Mean Time Athens, Greece
BMT Bangkok Mean Time Bangkok, Thailand
BMT Batavia Mean Time Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia
HMT Howrah Mean Time Howrah, India
IMT Irkutsk Mean Time Irkutsk, Russia
MMT Macassar Mean Time Macassar (Makassar), Indonesia
MMT Madras Mean Time Madras (Chennai), India
MMT Malé Mean Time Malé, Maldives
MMT Moratuwa Mean Time Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
PLMT Phù Liễn Mean Time Phù Liễn, Vietnam
PLMT Provisional Local Mean Time Various locations
PMT Pontianak Mean Time Pontianak, Indonesia
RMT Rangoon Mean Time Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar
SMT Singapore Mean Time Singapore
Australia & Pacific
NZMT New Zealand Mean Time New Zealand

 

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