Iowa, USA
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AST/ADT
Atlantic Standard Time
GMT -4
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ADT is not observed in the America/Moncton reference zone on this date
The converter is using AST (Atlantic Standard Time, GMT -4), the current offset for America/Moncton. Open the AST converter.

Time Difference

CST (Central Standard Time) is 2 hours behind Atlantic Standard Time
6:00 am06:00 in Des Moines, IA, USA is 8:00 am08:00 in AST

Des Moines to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in Des Moines which corresponds to 11am-5pm in AST

6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (Des Moines, IA, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 Des Moines, IA, USA / 8:00 am08:00 AST

Des Moines, IA, USAAST
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1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
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Des Moines Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CST - Central Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Central Daylight Time, currently in use.
-6:00 hours during Central Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Des Moines Facts

Country
USA
State
Iowa
Alternative Names
DSM, De Moinas, De Moins, De Mojn, De Moyn, De-Mojn, Deh-Mojn, Dehs Mojns, Demoina, Des Moines, Monachopolis, Nte Moin, de mayne, de mei yin, de mo'ina, de-moini, demoin, des mvane, dh mwyn, di mo'ina, di mxyn, dimoin, dmwyn aywwa, dy mwyn, dy mwyn ayywwa, ti moyin, Ντε Μόιν, Де Мойн, Де Мојн, Де-Мойн, Дэ-Мойн, Дэс Мойнс, Դե Մոյն, דה מוין, دموین، آیووا, دي موين, دی موین، آئیووا, ڈس موئنس, डे माय्ने, डेस् म्वाने, दि मोइन, दे मॉईन, டி மொயின், ดิมอยน์, დე-მოინი, デモイン, 德梅因, 디모인
Population
210,330
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
41° 36' N Latitude / 93° 36' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Atlantic Daylight Time

Offset: ADT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ADT timezone is Halifax from Canada with population about 359,111 people. Other major cities in the area are Sydney, Dartmouth, Saint John, Moncton

French: HAA - Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique

ADT Time Zone Geo Map
ADT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Atlantic Standard Time (AST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) has ended 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) starts 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. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March

ADT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for ADT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
IANA/Olson: Reflects ADT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Thule
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time