Fixtures are scheduled in the local time of the stadium, but fans follow them from everywhere. A 15:00 kickoff in London is 10:00 in New York and 16:00 in Paris for most of the year — and those gaps change for a few weeks each spring and autumn.
How times are shown on this site
Every kickoff is stored in UTC, the global reference time. When your browser loads a page, it converts each time to your device's time zone, so a fixture list shows the time it will be where you are. If JavaScript is unavailable, times fall back to the site's default time zone, and the zone abbreviation is shown so there is no ambiguity.
Fixtures are grouped by day in the site's time zone. Late-evening matches can therefore appear under the "next" day for fans far to the east, or the "previous" day for fans in the Americas.
Daylight saving time catches people out
Europe and North America change their clocks on different dates. For a short period each year the usual difference between, say, the UK and the US East Coast is one hour less than normal. Countries in the southern hemisphere shift in the opposite direction, and many countries don't use daylight saving at all.
Kickoff times do move
Broadcasters and competition organisers regularly move matches to new dates and times, sometimes only a few weeks ahead. Police advice, cup replays and international call-ups can all cause changes. Always check the date on a fixture before planning around it — our matches page lets you browse by date.
Tips
- When a time is shown with a zone abbreviation, it has already been converted for you.
- If you travel, your phone usually updates its time zone automatically — reload the page to see times in the new zone.
- Our TV schedule uses the same conversion, so listings match the fixture times.
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