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AZOST
Azores Summer Time
GMT +0
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9am
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A
Alpha Time Zone
GMT +1
12am
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6am
9am
12pm
3pm
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9pm

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Selected conversion

12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 7, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 A (UTC+1), Oct 7, 2026

AZOST is 1 hour behind A.

AZOST and A examples

These examples always use AZOST (UTC+0) and A (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AZOST is 1 hour behind A.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AZOST is 1 hour behind A. At other times of the year, AZOT is 2 hours behind A.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in A. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in A.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AZOST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in A. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AZOT correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in A.

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

Time Difference

Azores Summer Time is 1 hour behind Alpha Time Zone.
12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST is 1:00 pm13:00 in A

AZOST to A call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in AZOST which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in A

12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Alpha Time Zone (A). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

12:00 pm12:00 AZOST / 1:00 pm13:00 A

AZOSTA
12:00am1:00am
1:00am2:00am
2:00am3:00am
3:00am4:00am
4:00am5:00am
5:00am6:00am
6:00am7:00am
7:00am8:00am
8:00am9:00am
9:00am10:00am
10:00am11:00am
11:00am12:00pm
12:00pm1:00pm
1:00pm2:00pm
2:00pm3:00pm
3:00pm4:00pm
4:00pm5:00pm
5:00pm6:00pm
6:00pm7:00pm
7:00pm8:00pm
8:00pm9:00pm
9:00pm10:00pm
10:00pm11:00pm
11:00pm12:00am
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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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Alpha Time Zone

Offset: A is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

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

A representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for A
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time