diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index 88a3818..42044b7 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -97,3 +97,5 @@ alias benchx=dobenchx
 #function gvim () {
       #`which gvim` $* &> /dev/null
 #}
+
+source $HOME/.tz_aliases.sh
diff --git a/.tz_aliases.sh b/.tz_aliases.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc68c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tz_aliases.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alias time_pst='TZ="America/Los_Angeles" date "+%I:%M%p %Z"'
+alias time_est='TZ="America/New_York" date "+%I:%M%p %Z"'
+alias time_cet='TZ="Europe/Paris" date "+%I:%M%p %Z"'