Arizona, USA
MST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MST
Mountain Standard Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

MST (Mountain Standard Time) is 0 hours ahead of Mountain Standard Time and 9 hours behind South Africa Standard Time
5:00 am05:00 in Phoenix, AZ, USA is 5:00 am05:00 in MST and is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST

Phoenix to MST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in Phoenix which corresponds to 9am-5pm in MST
Phoenix to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in Phoenix which corresponds to 5pm-6pm in SAST

5:00 am05:00 MST (Mountain Standard Time) (Phoenix, AZ, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Mountain Standard Time (MST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 Phoenix, AZ, USA / 5:00 am05:00 MST / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST

Phoenix, AZ, USAMSTSAST
12am (midnight)12am (midnight)9am
1am1am10am
2am2am11am
3am3am12pm (noon)
4am4am1pm
5am5am2pm
6am6am3pm
7am7am4pm
8am8am5pm
9am9am6pm
10am10am7pm
11am11am8pm
12pm (noon)12pm (noon)9pm
1pm1pm10pm
2pm2pm11pm
3pm3pm12am (midnight)
4pm4pm1am
5pm5pm2am
6pm6pm3am
7pm7pm4am
8pm8pm5am
9pm9pm6am
10pm10pm7am
11pm11pm8am
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01:0001:0010:00
02:0002:0011:00
03:0003:0012:00
04:0004:0013:00
05:0005:0014:00
06:0006:0015:00
07:0007:0016:00
08:0008:0017:00
09:0009:0018:00
10:0010:0019:00
11:0011:0020:00
12:0012:0021:00
13:0013:0022:00
14:0014:0023:00
15:0015:0000:00
16:0016:0001:00
17:0017:0002:00
18:0018:0003:00
19:0019:0004:00
20:0020:0005:00
21:0021:0006:00
22:0022:0007:00
23:0023:0008:00

Phoenix Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
MST - Mountain Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-7:00 hours during Mountain Standard Time, currently in use.

Phoenix Facts

Country
USA
State
Arizona
Alternative Names
East Phoenix, Feniks, Fenikso, Finiks, Finiksa, Finiksas, Finiksos, Foinix, Féniks, Fīniksa, Hellings Mill, Hoozdoh, Mill City, PHX, Peniki, Phenix, Phoeniks, Phoenix, Pumpkinsville, Pēniki, Salt River, Smith Station, Smith Station Phenix, Smiths Station, feng huang cheng, fenikkusu, finikasa, finiks, finiksa, fynks, fynyks, fynyks aryzwna, phiniks, phiniks nagaram, phiniksa, pinigseu, piniks, piniksi, pnyqs, pynyqs, Φοίνιξ, Финикс, Фінікс, Ֆինիքս, פיניקס, פניקס, فينيكس, فینکس, فینیکس، آریزونا, फ़ीनिक्स, फिनिक्स, फिनिक्स्, फीनिक्स, ফিনিক্স, ਫ਼ੀਨਿਕਸ, பீனிக்ஸ், ఫీనిక్స్ నగరం, ಫೀನಿಕ್ಸ್, ഫീനിക്സ്, ฟีนิกซ์, ფინიქსი, ፊኒክስ፥ አሪዞና, フェニックス, 凤凰城, 鳳凰城, 피닉스
Population
1,563,025
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 26' N Latitude / 112° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Mountain Standard Time

Offset: MST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST time zone is Phoenix in the United States, with about 1.446 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Calgary, Edmonton, El Paso, Denver.

French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

MST Time Zone Geo Map
MST 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 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Mountain Standard Time (MST) 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: Mountain Standard Time (MST) 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.

MST 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for MST
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Creston
  • America/Dawson
  • America/Dawson_Creek
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Fort_Nelson
  • America/Hermosillo
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Mazatlan
  • America/Phoenix
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Whitehorse
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • Canada/Yukon
  • MST
  • MST7MDT
  • Mexico/BajaSur
  • Navajo
  • US/Arizona
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone

South Africa Standard Time

Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Cape Town in South Africa, with about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in South Africa Standard Time (SAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

SAST Time Zone Geo Map
SAST timezone map

SAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Johannesburg
  • Africa/Maseru
  • Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time