While working on Excel reports and Excel dashboards in Microsoft Excel, we need to convert Date and Time. In addition, we need to get the difference in timings in Microsoft Excel.
I have tried several times to adjust my computers time zone to utc+3 or utc-2 each time i run the code it still returns the correct GMT time. For example currently in the uk (daylight saving) is 11:30 so utc = 10:30 if i change time to utc+3 it becomes 14:30 but still running that code returns 10:30 –. GMT Time converter, compare London and Local time. Enter your location or any place, city, location for more comparisons. Find out in more detail why the Prime Meridian at Greenwich is so important for the time zone structure. The United Kingdom is on GMT only during winter months and on British Summer Time (BST) during the summer months. UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, is the most precise and commonly referred to time standard. Since the 1970s, this time standard has been globally used as the most precise time standard, instead of formerly used GMT standard, which has turned now into a regular time zone.
Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), sounds familiar no).
So, to convert GMT to CST we just need to subtract 6 hours from GMT time. Let's do it..
Generic Formula For (hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
| =Timestamp + 1 - TIME(6,0,0) |
Example:
I have GMT timestamps in range A2 to A4 and I want CST time in range B2 to B4.
We just need to subtract 6 hours from A2 to successfully convert GMT to CST. We will use the TIME() function of excel.
The formula is quite simple. In cell B2, write this formula.
| =A2+1-TIME(6,0,0) |
Explanation:
The formula is simply subtracting 6 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds to convert GMT to CST.
You must be wondering why there is an additional +1. Don't worry I got you.
Why +1?
This is to avoid any errors. Let's say you want to convert 5:0 0 AM into CST. You subtract 6 hours and you expect to get to 11:00 PM. But instead of that, you get ######. You don't want this, right?
When you just enter time in a cell without any date, excel by default takes 1/0/1900 as date, which is excel's first date. Excel doesn't know the history before that. Don't try to teach him. He gets #######. Ghost vs. acronis. So when you subtract 6 hours from 1/0/1900 5:00 AM it results in an error since there are only 5 hours available.
+1 adds 24 hours to the given time that prevents error.
Generic Formula For (MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
| =Timestamp - TIME(6,0,0) |
You can simply subtract 6 hours using TIME() function to convert GMT into CST in excel 2016, 2013,and 2010.
Example:
I have GMT time in Range (A2:A4).
To get it converted into CST time zone we just need to enter the formula below into B2 and then drag it down.
| =A2-TIME(6,0,0) |
You must have noticed that we don't have that additional +1 in the formula, why?
Right, because we have a date associated with that time.
To know what time is it now central time just use above Formula with NOW() function
| =NOW() - TIME(6,0,0) |
You can use this formula to make a live GMT to CST converter.
Convert CST (Central Standard Time) to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
To convert CST to GMT time just add 6 hour in CST time. As I explained, Central Time is 6 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time, we just need to add 6 hours to convert CST to GMT.
To convert CST to GST time just replace minus (-) sign with plus (+) sign.
Generic Formula For (hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
Gmt Time Date
| =Timestamp + 1 + TIME(6,0,0) |
Generic Formula For (MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
Javascript Date Gmt Time Zone
| =Timestamp + TIME(6,0,0) |
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q1. How to convert CST to JST?
JST (Japan Standard Time) is 14 hours ahead of CST. To convert CST to JST just add 14 hours to the CST time. JST to CST can be achieved by just subtracting 14 hours from the JST time
Q2. How to convert ET to CST?
Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Standard Time. You know the rest.
I'm sure that I have cleared your thoughts regarding the GMT to CST and CST to GMT time conversion in excel 2016, 2013 and 2010. If you still have any questions, the comments section is open for you.
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In this tutorial, Today I will explain to how to get current GMT Date Time in Magento 2. To get Current GMT Date Time Magento provide class for that MagentoFrameworkStdlibDateTimeDateTime. You need to inject it in your construct class to get GMT Date Time.
Follow this below way to get GMT Date Time :
You may also like this :
First of all, I created Helloworld.php block file at app/code/RH/Helloworld/Block/ and paste the below code. In your construct you need to inject class MagentoFrameworkStdlibDateTimeDateTime. After that,gmtDate() function will return current GMT Date Time.
You can use this code in your block file or any other files. Here, getCurrentGMTDateTime() function will return current GMT Date Time. You can see output of that function.
Output : 2021-03-11 17:31:26
That's it !!!
| =Timestamp + 1 - TIME(6,0,0) |
Example:
I have GMT timestamps in range A2 to A4 and I want CST time in range B2 to B4.
We just need to subtract 6 hours from A2 to successfully convert GMT to CST. We will use the TIME() function of excel.
The formula is quite simple. In cell B2, write this formula.
| =A2+1-TIME(6,0,0) |
Explanation:
The formula is simply subtracting 6 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds to convert GMT to CST.
You must be wondering why there is an additional +1. Don't worry I got you.
Why +1?
This is to avoid any errors. Let's say you want to convert 5:0 0 AM into CST. You subtract 6 hours and you expect to get to 11:00 PM. But instead of that, you get ######. You don't want this, right?
When you just enter time in a cell without any date, excel by default takes 1/0/1900 as date, which is excel's first date. Excel doesn't know the history before that. Don't try to teach him. He gets #######. Ghost vs. acronis. So when you subtract 6 hours from 1/0/1900 5:00 AM it results in an error since there are only 5 hours available.
+1 adds 24 hours to the given time that prevents error.
Generic Formula For (MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
| =Timestamp - TIME(6,0,0) |
You can simply subtract 6 hours using TIME() function to convert GMT into CST in excel 2016, 2013,and 2010.
Example:
I have GMT time in Range (A2:A4).
To get it converted into CST time zone we just need to enter the formula below into B2 and then drag it down.
| =A2-TIME(6,0,0) |
You must have noticed that we don't have that additional +1 in the formula, why?
Right, because we have a date associated with that time.
To know what time is it now central time just use above Formula with NOW() function
| =NOW() - TIME(6,0,0) |
You can use this formula to make a live GMT to CST converter.
Convert CST (Central Standard Time) to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
To convert CST to GMT time just add 6 hour in CST time. As I explained, Central Time is 6 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time, we just need to add 6 hours to convert CST to GMT.
To convert CST to GST time just replace minus (-) sign with plus (+) sign.
Generic Formula For (hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
Gmt Time Date
| =Timestamp + 1 + TIME(6,0,0) |
Generic Formula For (MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM) Format
Javascript Date Gmt Time Zone
| =Timestamp + TIME(6,0,0) |
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q1. How to convert CST to JST?
JST (Japan Standard Time) is 14 hours ahead of CST. To convert CST to JST just add 14 hours to the CST time. JST to CST can be achieved by just subtracting 14 hours from the JST time
Q2. How to convert ET to CST?
Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Standard Time. You know the rest.
I'm sure that I have cleared your thoughts regarding the GMT to CST and CST to GMT time conversion in excel 2016, 2013 and 2010. If you still have any questions, the comments section is open for you.
Popular Articles:
In this tutorial, Today I will explain to how to get current GMT Date Time in Magento 2. To get Current GMT Date Time Magento provide class for that MagentoFrameworkStdlibDateTimeDateTime. You need to inject it in your construct class to get GMT Date Time.
Follow this below way to get GMT Date Time :
You may also like this :
First of all, I created Helloworld.php block file at app/code/RH/Helloworld/Block/ and paste the below code. In your construct you need to inject class MagentoFrameworkStdlibDateTimeDateTime. After that,gmtDate() function will return current GMT Date Time.
You can use this code in your block file or any other files. Here, getCurrentGMTDateTime() function will return current GMT Date Time. You can see output of that function.
Output : 2021-03-11 17:31:26
That's it !!!
I hope this blog is easy to understand how to get current GMT Date Time in Magento 2.In case, I missed anything or need to add some information, always feel free to leave a comment in this blog, I'll get back with a proper solution.
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