Convert Coordinated Universal Time to Mountain Daylight Time
Instantly convert Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) with our free online calculator.
Coordinated Universal Time
05:20:58 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (UTC)
Mountain Daylight Time
11:20:58 PM
Tue, Jun 23 (MDT)
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24-Hour Comparison
| UTC | MDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
How to Convert Coordinated Universal Time to Mountain Daylight Time
Formula
To convert Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT): Convert UTC to MDT
About Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time, defined since 1972 as the time at the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) maintained by BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) in Sèvres, France. UTC is computed as a weighted average of approximately 400 atomic clocks at ~80 national metrology institutes (NIST in the US, NPL in UK, PTB in Germany, NICT in Japan, KRISS in Korea, etc.) per the formal definition in ITU-R Recommendation TF.460-6 (2002). UTC is functionally identical to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for civil purposes but differs slightly in its underlying timescale — UTC uses atomic seconds with occasional leap seconds inserted (announced by IERS Bulletin C ~6 months in advance, last leap second was December 31, 2016, and the system may be retired by 2035 per Resolution D of CGPM 2022). UTC is the standard for aviation (ICAO Annex 5), maritime navigation (IMO COLREGS), all internet protocols (NTP, PTP per IEEE 1588), all scientific publications, GPS / Galileo / GLONASS / BeiDou GNSS, and Universal Time on Wikipedia/Wikidata.
About Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, IANA: America/Denver during DST window) is the summer-time variant of MST, set at UTC-6:00 — observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November per the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MDT shares the same UTC offset as Central Standard Time (CST), which can cause cross-time-zone scheduling confusion during the DST transition windows in March and November. The Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona does observe MDT (unlike the rest of Arizona), creating one of the rare US sub-state time-zone exceptions per the Navajo Nation Council's 1968 resolution. MDT applies in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho east, New Mexico, parts of Texas, and Canadian Rocky Mountain provinces (Alberta, eastern BC). Used in coordination of: Denver International Airport flight operations, ski-area lift hours during shoulder-season DST window, Yellowstone National Park ranger schedules, US National Renewable Energy Lab operations, and FAA Albuquerque ARTCC ATC operations.