AST/ADT
Atlantic Standard Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ADT is not used on this date
This converter uses AST (GMT -4), the offset Moncton uses on this date. Open the AST converter.
NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
GMT -3:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare ADT time with NST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Atlantic Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Standard Time
8:00 am08:00 in AST is 8:30 am08:30 in NST

AST to NST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm in AST which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm in NST

8:00 am08:00 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 AST / 8:30 am08:30 NST

ASTNST
12am (midnight)12:30 am
1am1:30 am
2am2:30 am
3am3:30 am
4am4:30 am
5am5:30 am
6am6:30 am
7am7:30 am
8am8:30 am
9am9:30 am
10am10:30 am
11am11:30 am
12pm (noon)12:30 pm
1pm1:30 pm
2pm2:30 pm
3pm3:30 pm
4pm4:30 pm
5pm5:30 pm
6pm6:30 pm
7pm7:30 pm
8pm8:30 pm
9pm9:30 pm
10pm10:30 pm
11pm11:30 pm
00:0000:30
01:0001:30
02:0002:30
03:0003:30
04:0004:30
05:0005:30
06:0006:30
07:0007:30
08:0008:30
09:0009:30
10:0010:30
11:0011:30
12:0012:30
13:0013:30
14:0014:30
15:0015:30
16:0016:30
17:0017:30
18:0018:30
19:0019:30
20:0020:30
21:0021:30
22:0022:30
23:0023:30

Atlantic Daylight Time

Offset: ADT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ADT time zone is Halifax in Canada, with about 359,111 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sydney, Dartmouth, Saint John, Moncton.

French: HAA - Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique

ADT Time Zone Geo Map
ADT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Atlantic Standard Time (AST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

ADT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for ADT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
IANA/Olson: Reflects ADT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Thule
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St Johns in Canada, with about 99,182 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mount Pearl, Corner Brook, Conception Bay South.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

NST Time Zone Geo Map
NST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

NST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0330 - basic
  • -03:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/St_Johns
  • Canada/Newfoundland