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# Timezone conversion

> Convert times between timezones with natural language — PDT to IST, July 13 at 9am, and more.

Convert dates and times between timezones without web search. Arka parses natural language and uses `zoneinfo` for accurate DST handling.

## Quick start

```bash theme={null}
arka convert 9am PDT to IST
arka convert July 13 at 9:00am PDT to IST
arka what is this in ist July 13 at 9:00am PDT
timezone_convert 'July 13 9:00am PDT to IST'
```

<Note>
  The `convert` command auto-detects **timezone** vs **currency**. `arka convert 100 USD to INR` still routes to currency conversion.
</Note>

## Supported patterns

* Time + abbreviations: `9am PDT`, `3:30 PM EST`
* Dates: `July 13`, `2026-07-13`
* Direction: `to IST`, `in IST`, `PDT to IST`

## Common abbreviations

| Abbrev    | Zone                                |
| --------- | ----------------------------------- |
| PDT / PST | America/Los\_Angeles                |
| EST / EDT | America/New\_York                   |
| IST       | Asia/Kolkata (Indian Standard Time) |
| UTC / GMT | UTC                                 |

<Warning>
  **IST** maps to Indian Standard Time (`Asia/Kolkata`), not Israel Standard Time.
</Warning>

## Routing

```bash theme={null}
arka route "convert 9am PDT to IST"
# → timezone_convert ...
```

## Related

* [Currency conversion](/guides/skills#finance-and-stocks) — `arka convert 100 USD to INR`


## Related topics

- [Week of July 13, 2026](/changelog/2026-07-13.md)
- [Command aliases, subcommand synonyms, and skill names](/reference/aliases.md)
- [Local model quantization](/guides/quantization.md)
- [Testing Arka with the pytest suite](/guides/testing.md)
- [Hosted mode](/guides/hosted-mode.md)