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9:00 am09:00 BRT (UTC-3), Nov 5, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 GFT (UTC-3), Nov 5, 2026

BRT and GFT have the same local time.

BRT and GFT examples

These examples always use BRT (UTC-3) and GFT (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

BRT and GFT have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

BRT and GFT have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BRT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GFT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BRT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in GFT.

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

Time Difference

Brasilia Time and French Guiana Time have the same local time.
9:00 am09:00 in BRT is 9:00 am09:00 in GFT

BRT to GFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in BRT which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in GFT

9:00 am09:00 Brasilia Time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 French Guiana Time (GFT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 BRT / 9:00 am09:00 GFT

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Brasilia Time

Offset: BRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Brazil

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BRT time zone is São Paulo in Brazil, with about 12.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza.

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

BRT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for BRT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

French Guiana Time

Offset: GFT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Guiana

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GFT time zone is Cayenne in French Guiana, with about 61,550 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Kourou, Apatou, Grand-Santi.

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

GFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for GFT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time