MST — Mountain Standard Time

US & Canada Mountain

5:24:49pm

17:24 on a 24-hour clock

Wednesday, 12th August 2026

UTC-6 America/Denver 2 different meanings

What MST actually is

UTC-7 in winter, UTC-6 (MDT) in summer.

Careful: US & Canada Mountain is not on MST at the moment. It is currently MDT (UTC-6) because of daylight saving.

MST means 2 different things

This is the whole reason calendar software uses IANA identifiers instead of abbreviations. All of them, live:

US & Canada Mountain

5:24pm

America/Denver UTC-6 now MDT

UTC-7 in winter, UTC-6 (MDT) in summer.

Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 1st November 2026, at 1:59 am local time (1:00 am after the change).

Denver Calgary Albuquerque

Arizona — MST all year

4:24pm

America/Phoenix UTC-7 now MST

Arizona stays on MST year-round. In summer its clocks match Los Angeles, not Denver.

Clocks here do not change — this zone stays on the same offset all year.

Phoenix Tucson

Convert MST

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Other abbreviations

All time zones → Everywhere at UTC-6

Questions people ask

What time is it in MST right now?

5:24 pm (17:24) on Wednesday, 12th August 2026, for US & Canada Mountain. Careful: MST means 2 different things — the other meanings and their current times are listed below.

What does MST stand for?

Mountain Standard Time. UTC-7 in winter, UTC-6 (MDT) in summer.

What is the UTC offset of MST?

US & Canada Mountain: UTC-6; Arizona — MST all year: UTC-7.

Why does MST mean more than one time zone?

Time-zone abbreviations were never standardised — several countries independently picked the same letters. MST is one of the worst offenders, with 2 meanings in current use. This is why calendar software and databases use IANA identifiers like America/Denver instead: they are unique, and they carry the daylight-saving rules with them.