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NST to AST Converter

NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
GMT -3:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AST
Atlantic Standard Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

NST is 30 minutes ahead of AST. NST uses GMT -3:30, and AST uses GMT -4 for this comparison.

For example, 8:30 am NST is 8:00 am AST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 9:30am-5pm NST, which is 9am-4:30pm AST.

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

Time Difference

Newfoundland Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Atlantic Standard Time
8:30 am08:30 in NST is 8:00 am08:00 in AST

NST to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in NST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in AST

8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 NST / 8:00 am08:00 AST

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

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 99,182 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mount Pearl, Corner Brook, Conception Bay South.

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 back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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

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

Atlantic Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, St Barthelemy, Bermuda, Caribbean NL, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin (French), Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Maarten (Dutch), Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic, with about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo Oeste, San Juan, Halifax.

French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique

Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico

AST Time Zone Geo Map
AST 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 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

AST 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 AST
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Anguilla
  • America/Antigua
  • America/Aruba
  • America/Barbados
  • America/Blanc-Sablon
  • America/Curacao
  • America/Dominica
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Grenada
  • America/Guadeloupe
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Kralendijk
  • America/Lower_Princes
  • America/Marigot
  • America/Martinique
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Montserrat
  • America/Port_of_Spain
  • America/Puerto_Rico
  • America/Santo_Domingo
  • America/St_Barthelemy
  • America/St_Kitts
  • America/St_Lucia
  • America/St_Thomas
  • America/St_Vincent
  • America/Thule
  • America/Tortola
  • America/Virgin
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
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
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