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UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
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AZOST
Azores Summer Time
GMT +0
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Selected conversion

12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 11, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 11, 2026

UTC and AZOST have the same local time.

UTC and AZOST examples

These examples always use UTC (UTC+0) and AZOST (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

UTC and AZOST have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, UTC and AZOST have the same time. At other times of the year, UTC is 1 hour ahead of AZOT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in AZOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in AZOT.

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

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated and Azores Summer Time have the same local time.
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST

UTC to AZOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in UTC which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AZOST

12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST

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Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Azores Summer Time

Offset: AZOST is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Atlantic

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOST time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people.

AZOST Time Zone Geo Map
AZOST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Azores Time (AZOT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for AZOST
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone