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Atlantic Time is on standard time: AST (UTC−4) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

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8:00 am08:00 Q (UTC-4), Nov 10, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 AST (UTC-4), Nov 10, 2026

Q and AST have the same local time.

Q and ADT examples

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

Q is 1 hour behind ADT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Q is 1 hour behind ADT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, Q and AST have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Q correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Q correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Q correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Q correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in AST.

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

Time Difference

Quebec Time Zone and Atlantic Standard Time have the same local time.
8:00 am08:00 in Q is 8:00 am08:00 in AST

Q to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in Q which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in AST.

8:00 am08:00 Quebec Time Zone (Q). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 Q / 8:00 am08:00 AST

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Quebec Time Zone

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

Countries using this time zone: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Chile, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela

Principal Cities: The largest city in the Q time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago, Caracas, Toronto, Manaus.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Quebec Time Zone (Q) keep the same time all year, while others use Q for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Quebec Time Zone (Q)
Q all year Q part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (EST) or UTC−3.

Q 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 Q
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
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

Atlantic Daylight Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ADT time zone is Halifax in Canada, with about 471,559 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sydney, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton.

French: HAA - Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique

Map of the areas on Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)
ADT part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−4 (Atlantic Standard Time).

Daylight Saving: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Atlantic Standard Time (AST).

123456789101112End: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) ended 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112Start: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) starts 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ADT 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 ADT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
IANA/Olson: Reflects ADT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Thule
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
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