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5:00 pm17:00 ALMT (UTC+5), Nov 3, 2026 = 7:00 pm19:00 CXT (UTC+7), Nov 3, 2026

ALMT is 2 hours behind CXT.

ALMT and CXT examples

These examples always use ALMT (UTC+5) and CXT (UTC+7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ALMT is 2 hours behind CXT.

How the time difference changes

ALMT is 2 hours behind CXT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ALMT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CXT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in ALMT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CXT.

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

Time Difference

Alma-Ata Time is 2 hours behind Christmas Island Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in ALMT is 7:00 pm19:00 in CXT

ALMT to CXT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in ALMT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CXT

5:00 pm17:00 Alma-Ata Time (ALMT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Christmas Island Time (CXT). Offset UTC +7:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 ALMT / 7:00 pm19:00 CXT

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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

Christmas Island Time

Offset: CXT is 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Christmas Island

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CXT time zone is Flying Fish Cove in Christmas Island, with about 500 people.

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

CXT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +07 - basic short
  • +0700 - basic
  • +07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0700 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Golf - Military abbreviation for CXT
  • G - short form of 'Golf'
Time zones with the GMT +7 offset:
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time
  • DAVT - Davis Time
  • G - Golf Time Zone
  • HOVT - Hovd Time
  • ICT - Indochina Time
  • KRAT - Krasnoyarsk Time
  • NOVST - Novosibirsk Summer Time
  • NOVT - Novosibirsk Time
  • OMSST - Omsk Summer Time
  • WIB - Western Indonesian Time