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New Jersey, USA
EDT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MDT
Mountain Daylight Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 4, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 4, 2026

Union is 2 hours ahead of MDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Union is 2 hours ahead of MDT. At other times of the year, Union is 2 hours ahead of MST. Briefly around clock changes, Union is 3 hours ahead of MST or Union is 1 hour ahead of MDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Union correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Union correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in MST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Union correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Union correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in MST.

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

Time Difference

EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in Union, NJ, USA is 6:00 am06:00 in MDT

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

8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (Union, NJ, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 Union, NJ, USA / 6:00 am06:00 MDT

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

Union Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Eastern Daylight Time, currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 03:00 local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves backward for one hourSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 01:00 local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Union Facts

Country
USA
State
New Jersey
Alternative Names
Connecticut Farms, Union
Population
56,771
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
40° 41' N Latitude / 74° 15' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

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