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MDT
Mountain Daylight Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NDT/NST
Newfoundland Daylight Time
GMT -2:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Newfoundland Time is on daylight saving time: NDT (UTC−2:30) until Sun, Nov 1.

Quick answers

Selected conversion

6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 4, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 4, 2026

MDT is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT.

MDT and NST examples

These examples always use MDT (UTC-6) and NST (UTC-3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind NST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MDT is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT. At other times of the year, MST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind NST. Briefly around clock changes, MDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind NST or MST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MDT correspond to 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MST correspond to 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm in NST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MDT correspond to 12:30 to 20:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MST correspond to 12:30 to 20:30 in NST.

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

Time Difference

Mountain Daylight Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Daylight Time.
6:00 am06:00 in MDT is 9:30 am09:30 in NDT

MDT to NDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in MDT which corresponds to 12:30pm-5pm12:30-17:00 in NDT

6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

6:00 am06:00 MDT / 9:30 am09:30 NDT

MDTNDT
12:00am3:30am
1:00am4:30am
2:00am5:30am
3:00am6:30am
4:00am7:30am
5:00am8:30am
6:00am9:30am
7:00am10:30am
8:00am11:30am
9:00am12:30pm
10:00am1:30pm
11:00am2:30pm
12:00pm3:30pm
1:00pm4:30pm
2:00pm5:30pm
3:00pm6:30pm
4:00pm7:30pm
5:00pm8:30pm
6:00pm9:30pm
7:00pm10:30pm
8:00pm11:30pm
9:00pm12:30am
10:00pm1:30am
11:00pm2:30am
00:0003:30
01:0004:30
02:0005:30
03:0006:30
04:0007:30
05:0008:30
06:0009:30
07:0010:30
08:0011:30
09:0012:30
10:0013:30
11:0014:30
12:0015:30
13:0016:30
14:0017:30
15:0018:30
16:0019:30
17:0020:30
18:0021:30
19:0022:30
20:0023:30
21:0000:30
22:0001:30
23:0002:30

Mountain Daylight Time

Offset: MDT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MDT time zone is Calgary in Canada, with about 1.307 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Edmonton, Denver, El Paso, Albuquerque.

French: HAR - Heure Avancée des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

MDT Time Zone Geo Map
MDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Mountain Standard Time (MST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for MDT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • MST7MDT
  • Navajo
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St Johns in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Conception Bay South, Mount Pearl, Corner Brook.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

NST Time Zone Geo Map
NST 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 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0330 - basic
  • -03:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/St_Johns
  • Canada/Newfoundland