NST to PYST Converter

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NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
UTC−3:30
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PYT/PYST
Paraguay Time
UTC−3
30m ahead
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PYST is not used on this date.

This converter uses PYT (UTC−3), as in Asuncion.

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8:30 am08:30 NST (UTC-3:30), Nov 10, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 PYT (UTC-3), Nov 10, 2026

NST is 30 minutes behind PYT.

NST and PYST examples

These examples always use NST (UTC-3:30) and PYST (UTC-3). 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 behind PYST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, NDT is 30 minutes ahead of PYT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, NST is 30 minutes behind PYT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NDT correspond to 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in PYT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NST correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in PYT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NDT correspond to 08:30 to 17:30 in PYT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NST correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in PYT.

Compare NST time with PYST 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 behind Paraguay Time.
8:30 am08:30 in NST is 9:00 am09:00 in PYT

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

8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
9:00 am09:00 Paraguay Time (PYT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 NST / 9:00 am09:00 PYT

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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.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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

Paraguay Summer Time

Offset: PYST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

PYST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for PYST
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time