What time is it in Oman?

Oman stays on UTC+4:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 4 hours ahead of UTC, and 9 hours ahead of New York.

Muscat is 9 hours ahead of New York and 12 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 6:00 pm in Muscat.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long in Muscat, and losing 1 minute a day. The sun peaks at 11:49 am, 11 minutes before noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Muscat sits 6 minutes of solar time west of UTC+4:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 2 hours 55 minutes in Muscat: 13 hours 35 minutes of daylight at the June solstice against 10 hours 41 minutes at the December one. Being north of the equator, its longest day falls in June — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

Oman’s offset has not moved once since 1970 — no daylight saving, and no change of zone.

On UTC+4:00 right now, the same clock as Oman: