NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
GMT -3:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Louisiana, USA
CST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Newfoundland Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CST (Central Standard Time)
8:30 am08:30 in NST is 6:00 am06:00 in New Orleans, LA, USA

NST to New Orleans call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-5pm in NST which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm in New Orleans

8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (New Orleans, LA, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 NST / 6:00 am06:00 New Orleans, LA, USA

NSTNew Orleans, LA, USA
12am (midnight)9:30 pm
1am10:30 pm
2am11:30 pm
3am12:30 am
4am1:30 am
5am2:30 am
6am3:30 am
7am4:30 am
8am5:30 am
9am6:30 am
10am7:30 am
11am8:30 am
12pm (noon)9:30 am
1pm10:30 am
2pm11:30 am
3pm12:30 pm
4pm1:30 pm
5pm2:30 pm
6pm3:30 pm
7pm4:30 pm
8pm5:30 pm
9pm6:30 pm
10pm7:30 pm
11pm8:30 pm
00:0021:30
01:0022:30
02:0023:30
03:0000:30
04:0001:30
05:0002:30
06:0003:30
07:0004:30
08:0005:30
09:0006:30
10:0007:30
11:0008:30
12:0009:30
13:0010:30
14:0011:30
15:0012:30
16:0013:30
17:0014:30
18:0015:30
19:0016:30
20:0017:30
21:0018:30
22:0019:30
23:0020:30

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

New Orleans Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CST - Central Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Central Daylight Time, currently in use.
-6:00 hours during Central 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 hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am 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 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am 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 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

New Orleans Facts

Country
USA
State
Louisiana
Alternative Names
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Population
389,617
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
29° 57' N Latitude / 90° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1