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AZOST
Azores Summer Time
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Azores Summer Time

Offset: AZOST is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Atlantic

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOST time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people.

AZOST Time Zone Geo Map
AZOST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Azores Time (AZOT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

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AZOST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for AZOST
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone