+/- UTC | Pacific | Mountain | Sask. | Central | Eastern | Atlantic | Newfoundland |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard | -8 hr | -7 hr | -6 hr | -6 hr | -5 hr | -4 hr | -3.5 hr |
DST * | -7 hr | -6 hr | -6 hr | -5 hr | -4 hr | -3 hr | -2.5 hr |
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time (former Greenwich Mean Time) e.g. In summer, Nova Scotia is 3 hours earlier than UTC, BC is 7 hours earlier.
*DST Daylight Savings Time begins on the 2nd Sunday in March at 2 am (12:01 am in NL).
Turn clocks ahead one hour.
Daylight Savings Time ends the 1st Sunday in November.
Turn clocks back one hour.
Regions not using Daylight Saving Time include: