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12:00 pm12:00 Z (UTC+0), Oct 26, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 AZOT (UTC-1), Oct 26, 2026

Z is 1 hour ahead of AZOT.

Z and AZOT examples

These examples always use Z (UTC+0) and AZOT (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

Z is 1 hour ahead of AZOT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Z and AZOST have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, Z is 1 hour ahead of AZOT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Z correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Z correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in AZOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Z correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Z correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in AZOT.

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

Time Difference

Zulu Time Zone is 1 hour ahead of Azores Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in Z is 11:00 am11:00 in AZOT

Z to AZOT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Z which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AZOT

12:00 pm12:00 Zulu Time Zone (Z). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Azores Time (AZOT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 Z / 11:00 am11:00 AZOT

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Zulu Time Zone

Offset: Z is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the Z time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

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

Map of the areas on Zulu Time Zone (Z)
Z all year Z part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−1.

Z 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 Z
  • 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 - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Azores Time

Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOT time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagoa, Angra do Heroísmo, Rabo de Peixe, Horta.

Map of the areas on Azores Time (AZOT)
AZOT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on AZOT.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Azores Summer Time (AZOST).

123456789101112Start: Azores Time (AZOT) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Azores Time (AZOT) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 1:00 am01:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for AZOT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone