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WGT
West Greenland Time
GMT -2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
GMT -3:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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WGT and NST examples

These examples always use WGT (UTC-2) 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.

WGT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of NST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WGST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of NDT. At other times of the year, WGT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of NST or WGT is 30 minutes ahead of NDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGST correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGT correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in NST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGT correspond to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in NDT.

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

Time Difference

West Greenland Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Newfoundland Standard Time
10:00 am10:00 in WGT is 8:30 am08:30 in NST

WGT to NST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in WGT which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in NST

10:00 am10:00 West Greenland Time (WGT). Offset UTC -2:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Newfoundland Standard Time (NST). Offset UTC -3:30 hours

10:00 am10:00 WGT / 8:30 am08:30 NST

WGTNST
12am (midnight)10:30 pm
1am11:30 pm
2am12:30 am
3am1:30 am
4am2:30 am
5am3:30 am
6am4:30 am
7am5:30 am
8am6:30 am
9am7:30 am
10am8:30 am
11am9:30 am
12pm (noon)10:30 am
1pm11:30 am
2pm12:30 pm
3pm1:30 pm
4pm2:30 pm
5pm3:30 pm
6pm4:30 pm
7pm5:30 pm
8pm6:30 pm
9pm7:30 pm
10pm8:30 pm
11pm9:30 pm
00:0022:30
01:0023:30
02:0000:30
03:0001:30
04:0002:30
05:0003:30
06:0004:30
07:0005:30
08:0006:30
09:0007:30
10:0008:30
11:0009:30
12:0010:30
13:0011:30
14:0012:30
15:0013:30
16:0014:30
17:0015:30
18:0016:30
19:0017:30
20:0018:30
21:0019:30
22:0020:30
23:0021:30

West Greenland Time

Offset: WGT is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

WGT Time Zone Geo Map
WGT 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 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 12am to 11pmStart: West Greenland Time (WGT) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11:00 pm. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

End: West Greenland Time (WGT) ends on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Saturday of March.

WGT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -02 - basic short
  • -0200 - basic
  • -02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0200 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Oscar - Military abbreviation for WGT
  • O - short form of 'Oscar'
Time zones with the GMT -2 offset:
  • PMDT - Pierre & Miquelon Daylight Time
  • WGT - West Greenland Time
  • BRST - Brasilia Summer Time
  • FNT - Fernando de Noronha Time
  • O - Oscar Time Zone
  • UYST - Uruguay Summer 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 back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

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