Since this will appear in Google and WordPress Support did not have the answer when I searched, I will provide here this help of how to set the UTC/GMT TimeZone setting in WordPress. Currently I use WordPress version 2.3.3 at the time of this post.
WordPress UTC Settings
You need to go to a website that provides the time zones for the world. Here is one link:
(Link) – Time Zone Listings for WordPress
Find the name of the city (usually the capital city) for your time zone area, click the city name and the next page provides the information.
Look for:
“UTC/GMT Offset”
It will show something like the following (example is for my time zone)
Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -8 hours
No daylight saving time at the moment
Time zone abbreviation: PST – Pacific Standard Time
Then get the offset number, mine was “-8″ and enter it into WordPress management area:
Options – General – “Date and Time” – “Times in the blog should differ by”
A box provides for the data entry of that offset number. Then I suggest to make a note in one of the side column titles that the time zone is…”(Time Zone Abbreviation)”, or if you can add it to the time stamp PHP code. This way people know which time zone you are working in.
Another good link, where you click a letter that specifies a major city in the time Zone for your area is:
(Link) -Time Zones – Major Cities
Keywords: timezone, time zone, UTC, GMT, UTC/GMT, PST, MST, CST, EST, AST, world time zones
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