EST / EDT
EST — Eastern Time
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
EST · UTC−5
New York, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Toronto and Montreal. EST is UTC−5; from March to November the region uses EDT, UTC−4.
Daylight saving time
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−5 → UTC−4).
EST is the standard-time name. While daylight saving time is in effect the same region uses EDT. The clock on this page always shows the time actually in effect.
Convert EST to other time zones
| Time zone | Time now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| EST to UTC Coordinated Universal Time | 12:00 PM | 5 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to GMT Greenwich Mean Time | 12:00 PM | 5 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to CST Central Time | 6:00 AM | 1 hour behind EST |
| EST to MST Mountain Time | 5:00 AM | 2 hours behind EST |
| EST to PST Pacific Time | 4:00 AM | 3 hours behind EST |
| EST to AKST Alaska Time | 3:00 AM | 4 hours behind EST |
| EST to HST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time | 2:00 AM | 5 hours behind EST |
| EST to AST Atlantic Time | 8:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of EST |
| BRT Brasília Time | 9:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to BST British Summer Time | 12:00 PM | 5 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to CET Central European Time | 1:00 PM | 6 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to EET Eastern European Time | 2:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of EST |
| MSK Moscow Time | 3:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of EST |
| GST Gulf Standard Time | 4:00 PM | 9 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to PKT Pakistan Standard Time | 5:00 PM | 10 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to IST India Standard Time | 5:30 PM | 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of EST |
| ICT Indochina Time | 7:00 PM | 12 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to SGT Singapore Time | 8:00 PM | 13 hours ahead of EST |
| HKT Hong Kong Time | 8:00 PM | 13 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to PHT Philippine Time | 8:00 PM | 13 hours ahead of EST |
| AWST Australian Western Standard Time | 8:00 PM | 13 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to JST Japan Standard Time | 9:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to KST Korea Standard Time | 9:00 PM | 14 hours ahead of EST |
| ACST Australian Central Time | 10:30 PM | 15 hours 30 minutes ahead of EST |
| EST to AEST Australian Eastern Time | 11:00 PM | 16 hours ahead of EST |
| EST to NZST New Zealand Time | 1:00 AM | 18 hours ahead of EST |
| WAT West Africa Time | 1:00 PM | 6 hours ahead of EST |
| SAST South Africa Standard Time | 2:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of EST |
| EAT East Africa Time | 3:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of EST |