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4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 MVT (UTC+5), Oct 13, 2026

AFT is 30 minutes behind MVT.

AFT and MVT examples

These examples always use AFT (UTC+4:30) and MVT (UTC+5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AFT is 30 minutes behind MVT.

How the time difference changes

AFT is 30 minutes behind MVT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AFT correspond to 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in MVT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AFT correspond to 09:30 to 17:30 in MVT.

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

Time Difference

Afghanistan Time is 30 minutes behind Maldives Time.
4:30 pm16:30 in AFT is 5:00 pm17:00 in MVT

AFT to MVT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in AFT which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm09:30-17:00 in MVT

4:30 pm16:30 Afghanistan Time (AFT). Offset UTC +4:30 hours
5:00 pm17:00 Maldives Time (MVT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours

4:30 pm16:30 AFT / 5:00 pm17:00 MVT

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Afghanistan Time

Offset: AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Afghanistan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AFT time zone is Kabul in Afghanistan, with about 4.435 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Herāt, Kandahār, Mazār-e Sharīf, Jalālābād.

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

AFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0430 - basic
  • +04:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0430 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +4:30 offset:
  • AFT - Afghanistan Time
  • IRDT - Iran Daylight Time

Maldives Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Maldives

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MVT time zone is Male in the Maldives, with about 103,693 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fuvahmulah, Hithadhoo, Kulhudhuffushi, Thinadhoo.

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

MVT 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 MVT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • 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
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time