time difference

English

Noun

time difference (plural time differences)

1. The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval.
2. The difference in clocktime between two or more different time zones.

   Synonym: time change

   I want to call Nick – what's the time difference between here and Hong Kong?

Derived terms

• time difference of arrival

Translations

difference of time between measurements

• Arabic: فَارِق اَلتَّوْقِيت m (fāriq at-tawqīt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時差 / 时差 (zh) (shíchā)

• Dutch: tijdsverschil (nl) n
• Finnish: aikaväli (fi)
• French: différence de temps f
• German: Zeitunterschied m
• Japanese: 時差 (ja) (じさ, jisa)
• Korean: 시차(時差) (ko) (sicha)
• Polish: różnica czasu
• Romanian: diferență orară (ro) f
• Russian: ра́зница во вре́мени f (ráznica vo vrémeni)

difference in clock time between two or more different time zones

• German: Zeitverschiebung (de)
• Hungarian: időeltolódás (hu)