5 hours ahead of EST
UTC compared with EST, right now. Swap: UTC to EST ⇄
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For Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Rows where both places are inside 9 AM–5 PM are highlighted.
| EST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) |
Eastern Time (EST/EDT). New York, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Toronto and Montreal. EST is UTC−5; from March to November the region uses EDT, UTC−4.
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−5 → UTC−4).
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The world’s reference time. Servers, aviation, logs and many international schedules use it. It never observes daylight saving time.
No clock change is scheduled; the offset stays the same all year.
The current difference is shown at the top of this page. EST uses Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) as standard time and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4) during daylight saving time; UTC uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, UTC+0) all year. The difference can change if only one side observes daylight saving time or if their clocks change on different dates. Choose your meeting date in the converter to check the applicable offset.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 9:00 AM in EST was 2:00 PM in UTC. The conversion table above shows today’s values.
EST: Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−5 → UTC−4). UTC does not change its clocks.
EST is the standard-time name and EDT the daylight-saving name for Eastern Time. People often say EST all year; this converter uses the time actually in effect on the date you choose.
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