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4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 27, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 ALMT (UTC+5), Oct 27, 2026

Mehtar Lām is 30 minutes behind ALMT.

How the time difference changes

Mehtar Lam is 30 minutes behind ALMT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Mehtar Lam correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in ALMT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Mehtar Lam correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in ALMT.

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

Time Difference

AFT (Afghanistan Time) is 30 minutes behind Alma-Ata Time.
4:30 pm16:30 in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan is 5:00 pm17:00 in ALMT

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

4:30 pm16:30 AFT (Afghanistan Time) (Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan). Offset UTC +4:30 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Alma-Ata Time (ALMT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours

4:30 pm16:30 Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan / 5:00 pm17:00 ALMT

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Mehtar Lām Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AFT – Afghanistan Time, UTC+4:30 (no daylight saving time)

Mehtar Lām Facts

Country
Afghanistan
Alternative Names
Laghman, Mehtar Lam, Mehtar Lām, Mekhtarlam, Metarlam, Mir Talam Saheb Ziarat, Mitarlam, Miterlam, Mīr Talām Şāḩeb Zīārat, Nawar Lam, Nāwar Lam, mhtr lam, Митарлам, مهتر لام
Population
17,345
Currency
Afghani (AFN)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 40' N Latitude / 70° 12' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+93

Alma-Ata Time

Offset: ALMT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Kazakhstan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ALMT time zone is Almaty in Kazakhstan, with about 1.977 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Astana, Shymkent, Karagandy, Taraz.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Alma-Ata Time (ALMT) do not change for daylight saving time, so ALMT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ALMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for ALMT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time