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U
Uniform Time Zone
GMT -8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MDT/MST
Mountain Daylight Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Mountain Time is on daylight saving time: MDT (UTC−6) until Sun, Nov 1.

Arizona stays on MST (UTC−7).

Quick answers

Selected conversion

4:00 am04:00 U (UTC-8), Oct 5, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 5, 2026

U is 2 hours behind MDT.

U and MST examples

These examples always use U (UTC-8) and MST (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

U is 1 hour behind MST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, U is 2 hours behind MDT. At other times of the year, U is 1 hour behind MST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in U correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in U correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in MST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in U correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in U correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in MST.

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

Time Difference

Uniform Time Zone is 2 hours behind Mountain Daylight Time.
4:00 am04:00 in U is 6:00 am06:00 in MDT

U to MDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in U which corresponds to 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in MDT

4:00 am04:00 Uniform Time Zone (U). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 U / 6:00 am06:00 MDT

UMDT
12:00am2:00am
1:00am3:00am
2:00am4:00am
3:00am5:00am
4:00am6:00am
5:00am7:00am
6:00am8:00am
7:00am9:00am
8:00am10:00am
9:00am11:00am
10:00am12:00pm
11:00am1:00pm
12:00pm2:00pm
1:00pm3:00pm
2:00pm4:00pm
3:00pm5:00pm
4:00pm6:00pm
5:00pm7:00pm
6:00pm8:00pm
7:00pm9:00pm
8:00pm10:00pm
9:00pm11:00pm
10:00pm12:00am
11:00pm1:00am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

Uniform Time Zone

Offset: U is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

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

U representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for U
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Mountain Standard Time

Offset: MST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST time zone is Phoenix in the United States, with about 1.65 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Calgary, Edmonton, Hermosillo, Culiacan.

French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

MST Time Zone Geo Map
MST 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 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Mountain Standard Time (MST) 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: Mountain Standard Time (MST) 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.

MST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for MST
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Creston
  • America/Dawson
  • America/Dawson_Creek
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Fort_Nelson
  • America/Hermosillo
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Mazatlan
  • America/Phoenix
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Whitehorse
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • Canada/Yukon
  • MST
  • MST7MDT
  • Mexico/BajaSur
  • Navajo
  • US/Arizona
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone