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UTC to MST converter

MST is 6 hours behind UTC right now. Live clocks on both sides, a direct time input, the full 24-hour table with a permalink per hour, and the real daylight-saving state — computed from the IANA tz database on every request, never from a stored offset.

Coordinated Universal Time · UTC
23:21:41
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · UTC · UTC+00:00
Mountain Standard Time · America/Denver
17:21:41
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · MDT · UTC-06:00 · DST

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Daylight saving right now

Mountain Standard Time

America/Denver is currently on MDT (UTC-06:00), its daylight-saving clock. That is not MST — this page is named for the abbreviation people search for, and tells you the truth about which one is actually in force.

next change: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 01:00 local → MST (80 days, clocks go back)

MST is UTC-7. Denver switches to MDT (UTC-6) for summer; Phoenix does not — Arizona stays on MST all year, so half the year Phoenix and Denver disagree.

Coordinated Universal Time

UTC is on UTC (UTC+00:00).

no clock change scheduled — fixed at UTC+00:00

UTC is the reference clock every other offset is quoted against. It has no daylight saving and never shifts.

Best time to call green = 09:00–18:00 on both sides

3 overlapping working hours. The longest run is 15:00–18:00 UTC, which is 09:00–12:00 MST.

UTC to MST, hour by hour 12 August 2026 · every row is a permalink

UTC MST 12-hour Day Permalink
00:00 18:00 MDT 6:00 PM previous day 00:00 →
01:00 19:00 MDT 7:00 PM previous day 01:00 →
02:00 20:00 MDT 8:00 PM previous day 02:00 →
03:00 21:00 MDT 9:00 PM previous day 03:00 →
04:00 22:00 MDT 10:00 PM previous day 04:00 →
05:00 23:00 MDT 11:00 PM previous day 05:00 →
06:00 00:00 MDT 12:00 AM same day 06:00 →
07:00 01:00 MDT 1:00 AM same day 07:00 →
08:00 02:00 MDT 2:00 AM same day 08:00 →
09:00 03:00 MDT 3:00 AM same day 09:00 →
10:00 04:00 MDT 4:00 AM same day 10:00 →
11:00 05:00 MDT 5:00 AM same day 11:00 →
12:00 06:00 MDT 6:00 AM same day 12:00 →
13:00 07:00 MDT 7:00 AM same day 13:00 →
14:00 08:00 MDT 8:00 AM same day 14:00 →
15:00 09:00 MDT 9:00 AM same day 15:00 →
16:00 10:00 MDT 10:00 AM same day 16:00 →
17:00 11:00 MDT 11:00 AM same day 17:00 →
18:00 12:00 MDT 12:00 PM same day 18:00 →
19:00 13:00 MDT 1:00 PM same day 19:00 →
20:00 14:00 MDT 2:00 PM same day 20:00 →
21:00 15:00 MDT 3:00 PM same day 21:00 →
22:00 16:00 MDT 4:00 PM same day 22:00 →
23:00 17:00 MDT 5:00 PM same day 23:00 →

Every hour as its own page

UTC to MST — questions

What time is it in MST when it is UTC now?
MST is currently 17:21 on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 (MDT, UTC-06:00), while UTC is 23:21 (UTC+00:00). That is 6 hours behind the source clock right now.
How many hours behind is MST of UTC?
6 hours at this moment. The gap is not constant across the year: Coordinated Universal Time and Mountain Standard Time change clocks on different dates (or one of them not at all), so a difference you hard-code in summer can be an hour wrong in winter. The table on this page is computed from the current tzdata rules, not from a fixed offset.
Is MST on daylight saving time right now?
Mountain Standard Time is currently observing daylight saving — the live abbreviation is MDT (UTC-06:00), not MST.
When does MST next change its clocks?
America/Denver next changes on Sunday, 01 November 2026 at 01:00 local time, when it moves back 60 minutes and the abbreviation becomes MST (UTC-07:00). That is 80 days away. This date comes from the IANA tzdata rules currently in force, so it updates if a government changes the law.
What is the best time to schedule a call between UTC and MST?
There are 3 hours of overlap where both sides are inside a 09:00-18:00 working day. The longest block is 15:00–18:00 UTC, which is 09:00–12:00 MST. Use the calendar buttons above to drop it straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or an .ics file.
Which IANA timezone name should I use for MST in code?
Use America/Denver. Abbreviations like MST are ambiguous and not resolvable by most libraries — Python's ZoneInfo, Java's ZoneId, Go's time.LoadLocation and JavaScript's Intl all expect the IANA name. Hard-coding UTC-06:00 instead will be wrong the moment the rules change.

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