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9:00 am09:00 BRT (UTC-3), Oct 12, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 12, 2026

BRT is 3 hours behind UTC.

BRT and UTC examples

These examples always use BRT (UTC-3) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

BRT is 3 hours behind UTC.

How the time difference changes

BRT is 3 hours behind UTC year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BRT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in UTC.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BRT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in UTC.

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

Time Difference

Brasília time is 3 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.
9:00 am09:00 in BRT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

BRT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in BRT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in UTC

9:00 am09:00 Brasília time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 BRT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

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Brasília 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 Fortaleza in Brazil, with about 2.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include São Luís, Natal, Teresina, João Pessoa.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Brasília 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 - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Coordinated Universal Time

Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • 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 - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone