It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere

Where is it 5 o'clock right now?

The list above shows every city currently in the 5 PM hour, with its local time and UTC offset, and refreshes every minute. Since time zones cover the whole globe, there is nearly always somewhere in that hour.

Where does the phrase "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" come from?

It is an old excuse for an early drink, made famous by the 2003 Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett song of the same name. The joke works because 5 PM, the traditional end of the workday, is always happening in some time zone.

Is it ever not 5 PM anywhere?

Almost never. Time zone offsets span 26 hours, from UTC-12 to UTC+14, so some zone is in the 5 PM hour at every moment. Occasionally the only matches are sparsely populated places such as remote islands, and the page says so when that happens.

Why do some cities show a half hour offset?

Places such as India, Iran, and parts of Australia use offsets like UTC+5:30 or UTC+9:30. They still have a full 5 PM hour, it just starts halfway through a UTC hour.