COT
Colombia Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CLST/CLT
Chile Summer Time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CLT is not used on this date
This converter uses CLST (GMT -3), the offset Santiago uses on this date. Open the CLST converter.

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

Time Difference

Colombia Time is 2 hours behind Chile Summer Time
7:00 am07:00 in COT is 9:00 am09:00 in CLST

COT to CLST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in COT which corresponds to 11am-5pm in CLST

7:00 am07:00 Colombia Time (COT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Chile Summer Time (CLST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 COT / 9:00 am09:00 CLST

COTCLST
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
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

Colombia Time

Offset: COT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Colombia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the COT time zone is Bogota in Colombia, with about 7.674 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla, Cartagena.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Colombia Time (COT) do not change for daylight saving time, so COT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

COT Time Zone Geo Map
COT timezone map

COT 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for COT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Chile Standard Time

Offset: CLT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

CLT Time Zone Geo Map
CLT timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Chile Summer Time (CLST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amEnd: Chile Standard Time (CLT) ended on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 7, 2025, 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of September.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 12am to 11pmStart: Chile Standard Time (CLT) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 12:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 4, 2026, 11:00 pm. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

CLT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for CLT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time