Dominican Republic
AST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

AST (Atlantic Standard Time) is 4 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated
8:00 am08:00 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

Punta Cana to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm in Punta Cana which corresponds to 1pm-5pm in UTC

8:00 am08:00 AST (Atlantic Standard Time) (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicUTC
12am (midnight)4am
1am5am
2am6am
3am7am
4am8am
5am9am
6am10am
7am11am
8am12pm (noon)
9am1pm
10am2pm
11am3pm
12pm (noon)4pm
1pm5pm
2pm6pm
3pm7pm
4pm8pm
5pm9pm
6pm10pm
7pm11pm
8pm12am (midnight)
9pm1am
10pm2am
11pm3am
00:0004:00
01:0005:00
02:0006:00
03:0007:00
04:0008:00
05:0009:00
06:0010:00
07:0011:00
08:0012:00
09:0013:00
10:0014:00
11:0015:00
12:0016:00
13:0017:00
14:0018:00
15:0019:00
16:0020:00
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19:0023:00
20:0000:00
21:0001:00
22:0002:00
23:0003:00

Punta Cana Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AST - Atlantic Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Atlantic Standard Time, currently in use.

Punta Cana Facts

Country
Dominican Republic
Alternative Names
PUJ, Punta Cana, Punta Kana, Punta-Kana, Пунта Кана, Пунта-Кана
Population
100,023
Currency
Peso (DOP)
Geographic Coordinates
18° 34' N Latitude / 68° 24' W Longitude

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

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

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 - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone