4 hours behind UTC
AST compared with UTC, right now. Swap: AST to UTC ⇄
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For Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Rows where both places are inside 9 AM–5 PM are highlighted.
| UTC | AST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The world’s reference time. Servers, aviation, logs and many international schedules use it. It never observes daylight saving time.
No clock change is scheduled; the offset stays the same all year.
Atlantic Time (AST/ADT). Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (with daylight saving), plus Puerto Rico and much of the Caribbean, which stay on AST (UTC−4) all year.
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−4 → UTC−3).
The current difference is shown at the top of this page. UTC uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, UTC+0) all year; AST uses Atlantic Standard Time (AST, UTC−4) as standard time and Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT, UTC−3) during daylight saving time. The difference can change if only one side observes daylight saving time or if their clocks change on different dates. Choose your meeting date in the converter to check the applicable offset.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 9:00 AM in UTC was 5:00 AM in AST. The conversion table above shows today’s values.
UTC does not change its clocks. AST: Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−4 → UTC−3).
UTC is a fixed offset and never changes.
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