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BRT
Brasília time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WGST
Western Greenland Summer Time
GMT -1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

9:00 am09:00 BRT (UTC-3), Oct 8, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 WGST (UTC-1), Oct 8, 2026

BRT is 2 hours behind WGST.

BRT and WGST examples

These examples always use BRT (UTC-3) and WGST (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

BRT is 2 hours behind WGST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BRT is 2 hours behind WGST. At other times of the year, BRT is 1 hour behind WGT.

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

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

Time Difference

Brasília time is 2 hours behind Western Greenland Summer Time.
9:00 am09:00 in BRT is 11:00 am11:00 in WGST

BRT to WGST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in BRT which corresponds to 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in WGST

9:00 am09:00 Brasília time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 BRT / 11:00 am11:00 WGST

BRTWGST
12:00am2:00am
1:00am3:00am
2:00am4:00am
3:00am5:00am
4:00am6:00am
5:00am7:00am
6:00am8:00am
7:00am9:00am
8:00am10:00am
9:00am11:00am
10:00am12:00pm
11:00am1:00pm
12:00pm2:00pm
1:00pm3:00pm
2:00pm4:00pm
3:00pm5:00pm
4:00pm6:00pm
5:00pm7:00pm
6:00pm8:00pm
7:00pm9:00pm
8:00pm10:00pm
9:00pm11:00pm
10:00pm12:00am
11:00pm1:00am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

Brasília time

Offset: BRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

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 Sao Luis, Natal, Teresina, Joao 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 Time Zone Geo Map
BRT timezone map

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

Western Greenland Summer Time

Offset: WGST is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

WGST Time Zone Geo Map
WGST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe West Greenland Time (WGT).

Start: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) started on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm23:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Saturday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WGST 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for WGST
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone