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8:30 am08:30 NST (UTC-3:30), Nov 9, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 9, 2026

NST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of George Town.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, NDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of George Town, Cayman Islands. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, NST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of George Town, Cayman Islands.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NDT correspond to 6:30 am to 3:30 pm in George Town, Cayman Islands. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NST correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in George Town, Cayman Islands.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NDT correspond to 06:30 to 15:30 in George Town, Cayman Islands. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NST correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in George Town, Cayman Islands.

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

Time Difference

Newfoundland Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time).
8:30 am08:30 in NST is 7:00 am07:00 in George Town, Cayman Islands

NST to George Town call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in NST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in George Town.

8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (George Town, Cayman Islands). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 NST / 7:00 am07:00 George Town, Cayman Islands

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Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

Map of the areas on Newfoundland Standard Time (NST)
NST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on NST.

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).

123456789101112Start: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See Canada daylight saving time and 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

George Town Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (no daylight saving time)

George Town Facts

Country
Cayman Islands
Alternative Names
Corctaun, Dzhordzh Taun, Dzhordzhtaun, Dzordz Taun, Dzordztaun, Dzordztaunas, Džordžtaunas, GCM, George Town, George Town pa Caymanoyane, George Town på Caymanøyane, Georgetown, Georgurbo, Tzortz Taoun, cxrc thawn, gwrg tʼwn, jarj tavun, jojitaun, jorjata'una, jwrj tawn, qiao zhi dui, qiao zhi dun, Τζωρτζ Τάουν, Џорџ Таун, Џорџтаун, Джордж Таун, Джорджтаун, Джорджтаўн, גורג טאון, جارج ٹاؤن، جزائر کیمین, جرج‌تاون، جزایر کیمن, جورج تاون, जॉर्जटाउन, ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், จอร์จทาวน์, ჯორჯტაუნი, ジョージタウン, 喬治敦, 조지타운
Population
29,370
Currency
Dollar (KYD)
Geographic Coordinates
19° 17' N Latitude / 81° 22' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1 345