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8:30 am08:30 NST (UTC-3:30), Nov 5, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Nov 5, 2026

NST is 30 minutes ahead of CDT.

NST and CDT examples

These examples always use NST (UTC-3:30) and CDT (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

NST is 30 minutes ahead of CDT.

How the time difference changes

In 2026, NDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of CDT Caribbean for most of the year. Until Mar 8, 2026, NST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of CST Caribbean. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, NST is 30 minutes ahead of CDT Caribbean.

In 2026, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NDT correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in CDT Caribbean for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NST correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in CST Caribbean or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NST correspond to 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in CDT Caribbean.In 2026, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NDT correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in CDT Caribbean for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NST correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in CST Caribbean or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NST correspond to 08:30 to 17:30 in CDT Caribbean.

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

Time Difference

Newfoundland Standard Time is 30 minutes ahead of Cuba Daylight Time.
8:30 am08:30 in NST is 8:00 am08:00 in CDT

NST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in NST which corresponds to 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in CDT

8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 NST / 8:00 am08:00 CDT

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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

Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo.

Map of the areas on Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

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

123456789101112Start: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00.

123456789101112End: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 7, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 7, 2027, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See Cuba daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT 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 CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
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
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time