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AST/ADT

Atlantic Standard Time

UTC−4

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Atlantic Time is on standard time: AST (UTC−4) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

Keep ADT (UTC−3)

NST/NDT

Newfoundland Standard Time

UTC−3:30

30m ahead

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Newfoundland Time is on standard time: NST (UTC−3:30) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

Keep NDT (UTC−2:30)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

10:30 am10:30 AST (UTC-4), Nov 1, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 NST (UTC-3:30), Nov 1, 2026

AST is 30 minutes behind NST.

ADT and NDT examples

These examples always use ADT (UTC-3) and NDT (UTC-2:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ADT is 30 minutes behind NDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, ADT is 30 minutes behind NDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AST is 30 minutes behind NST. Briefly around clock changes, ADT is 30 minutes ahead of NST or AST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ADT correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in NST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in ADT correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in NST.

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

Time Difference

Atlantic Standard Time is 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Standard Time.
10:30 am10:30 in AST is 11:00 am11:00 in NST

AST to NST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in AST which corresponds to 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in NST

10:30 am10:30 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours

10:30 am10:30 AST / 11:00 am11:00 NST

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Hourly time comparison
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Atlantic Daylight Time

Offset: ADT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ADT time zone is Halifax in Canada, with about 471,559 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sydney, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton.

French: HAA - Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique

Map of the areas on Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) — ADT part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−4 (Atlantic Standard Time).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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).

End: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

Start: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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 - Brasilia Time
CLST - Chile Summer Time
FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
FKT - Falkland Islands Time
GFT - French Guiana Time
P - Papa Time Zone
PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
PYT - Paraguay Time
SRT - Suriname Time
UYT - Uruguay Time

Newfoundland Daylight Time

Offset: NDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NDT time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

French: HAT - Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve

Map of the areas on Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) — NDT part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−3:30 (NST).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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

End: Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

Start: Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.