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Boston's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · EDT → EST

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5:00 pm17:00 MVT (UTC+5), Oct 27, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 27, 2026

MVT is 9 hours ahead of Boston.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MVT is 9 hours ahead of Boston. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MVT is 10 hours ahead of Boston.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MVT correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in Boston. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MVT correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in Boston.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MVT correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in Boston. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MVT correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in Boston.

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

Time Difference

Maldives Time is 9 hours ahead of EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).
5:00 pm17:00 in MVT is 8:00 am08:00 in Boston, MA, USA

MVT to Boston call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in MVT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in Boston. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 pm17:00 Maldives Time (MVT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (Boston, MA, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 MVT / 8:00 am08:00 Boston, MA, USA

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Maldives Time

Offset: MVT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Maldives

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MVT time zone is Male in the Maldives, with about 103,693 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fuvahmulah, Hithadhoo, Kulhudhuffushi, Thinadhoo.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Maldives Time (MVT) do not change for daylight saving time, so MVT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MVT 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for MVT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time

Boston Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4 (now, daylight saving time)
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (EST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (EDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Boston Facts

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