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Q
Quebec Time Zone
GMT -4
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9am
12pm
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6pm
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NDT/NST
Newfoundland Daylight Time
GMT -2:30
12am
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6am
9am
12pm
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9pm
Newfoundland Time is on daylight saving time: NDT (UTC−2:30) until Sun, Nov 1.

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 Q (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 12, 2026

Q is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT.

Q and NST examples

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

Q is 30 minutes behind NST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Q is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT. At other times of the year, Q is 30 minutes behind NST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Q correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Q correspond to 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in NST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Q correspond to 10:30 to 18:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Q correspond to 09:30 to 17:30 in NST.

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

Time Difference

Quebec Time Zone is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in Q is 9:30 am09:30 in NDT

Q to NDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in Q which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm10:30-17:00 in NDT

8:00 am08:00 Quebec Time Zone (Q). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 Q / 9:30 am09:30 NDT

QNDT
12:00am1:30am
1:00am2:30am
2:00am3:30am
3:00am4:30am
4:00am5:30am
5:00am6:30am
6:00am7:30am
7:00am8:30am
8:00am9:30am
9:00am10:30am
10:00am11:30am
11:00am12:30pm
12:00pm1:30pm
1:00pm2:30pm
2:00pm3:30pm
3:00pm4:30pm
4:00pm5:30pm
5:00pm6:30pm
6:00pm7:30pm
7:00pm8:30pm
8:00pm9:30pm
9:00pm10:30pm
10:00pm11:30pm
11:00pm12:30am
00:0001:30
01:0002:30
02:0003:30
03:0004:30
04:0005:30
05:0006:30
06:0007:30
07:0008:30
08:0009:30
09:0010:30
10:0011:30
11:0012:30
12:0013:30
13:0014:30
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15:0016:30
16:0017:30
17:0018:30
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19:0020:30
20:0021:30
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23:0000:30

Quebec Time Zone

Offset: Q is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Quebec Time Zone (Q) do not change for daylight saving time, so Q stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time

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 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Conception Bay South, Mount Pearl, Corner Brook.

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 forward for one hourEnd: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See 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