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Time in Massachusetts, as in all US states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. [1] Massachusetts is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET) and observes daylight saving time (DST).
If no time zone is given or if the given time zone is not supported, then the output will default to the current minute of UTC+0 time; In this case, instead of giving a time zone, an offset (e.g. 30, 45, etc.) can also be given to get the current minute of UTC+00:offset time.
time zone is the desired time zone abbreviation (see below and also the list of time zone abbreviations); If no time zone is given or if the given time zone is not supported, then the output will default to 0; In this case, instead of giving a time zone, an offset (e.g. -30, 45, etc.) can also be given;
The time is calculated based on the offset from UTC for the specified time zone taking into account whether daylight saving time is currently active in that time zone. Note: Most Wikipedia pages display a cached version of the page to reduce server load, so the template will only display the current time as of when the page was last parsed.
Standard Time (SDT) and Daylight Saving Time (DST) offsets from UTC in hours and minutes. For zones in which Daylight Saving is not observed, the DST offset shown in this table is a simple duplication of the SDT offset. The UTC offsets are based on the current or upcoming database rules.
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Various utility templates used to compute dates and time values. Despite their internal design, they are built for maximum reusability in various contexts, so the syntax to use them is very simple, and each of these templates is documented with examples of use and return values.