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This converter uses AZT (UTC+4), as in Baku.

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4:00 pm16:00 AZT (UTC+4), Oct 17, 2026 = 4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 17, 2026

AZT is 30 minutes behind AFT.

AZST and AFT examples

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

AZST is 30 minutes ahead of AFT.

How the time difference changes

AZT is 30 minutes behind AFT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZT correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in AFT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZT correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in AFT.

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

Time Difference

Azerbaijan Time is 30 minutes behind Afghanistan Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in AZT is 4:30 pm16:30 in AFT

AZT to AFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in AZT which corresponds to 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in AFT

4:00 pm16:00 Azerbaijan Time (AZT). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Afghanistan Time (AFT). Offset UTC +4:30 hours

4:00 pm16:00 AZT / 4:30 pm16:30 AFT

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Azerbaijan Summer Time

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

AZST 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 AZST
  • 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

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