Time zone · Americas
NST
Newfoundland Standard Time
Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) puts you half an hour ahead of Atlantic Time and an hour and a half ahead of Eastern Time (Toronto and Montreal), giving the island its own quiet rhythm—especially when daylight saving nudges clocks forward to NDT and evenings stretch a little longer into the Atlantic dusk.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Current offset
UTC-02:30
Daylight · NDT
Daylight saving
Active
Reverts 1 Nov 2026
IANA zones
1
1 observe DST, 0 don't
DST offset
UTC-02:30
NDT · +1h
About NST
Standard time, with a summer shift.
Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) puts you half an hour ahead of Atlantic Time and an hour and a half ahead of Eastern Time (Toronto and Montreal), giving the island its own quiet rhythm—especially when daylight saving nudges clocks forward to NDT and evenings stretch a little longer into the Atlantic dusk.
DST schedule · NST · NDT
2026 Sunday · clocks fall back
Clocks fall back by one hour · in 2 weeks.
One year, two clocks
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to NST.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Where NST is used
One country.
Convert
NST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about NST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why is Newfoundland’s time zone offset by half an hour?
- Newfoundland sits geographically between two standard meridians, so it adopted a 30‑minute offset to better match local solar time and daily life on the island.
- Does Newfoundland observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. The region switches from NST to NDT in spring and back again in autumn, shifting the clock by one hour to make better use of daylight.
- How does NDT affect meetings with Toronto or New York?
- During NDT, Newfoundland is 90 minutes ahead of both Toronto and New York, so a 10 a.m. meeting in St. John's lands at 8:30 a.m. in Toronto and New York.
- Is Newfoundland the only place with a half‑hour offset in North America?
- It’s the only Canadian province with a standard half‑hour offset; most other half‑hour zones are in Asia and Oceania.
- When does NDT end each year?
- Clocks fall back from NDT to NST on the first Sunday in November, giving everyone an extra hour of sleep as the days grow shorter.
- Do other Canadian provinces use NST?
- No. Only the island of Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador follow NST/NDT; the rest of Labrador and Atlantic Canada use Atlantic Time.
- Why is St. John’s the representative zone?
- St. John’s is the capital and largest city on the island, making it the natural reference point for Newfoundland’s unique timekeeping.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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