EST to PGT Converter
Quick answers
EST is 15 hours behind PGT. EST uses GMT -5, and PGT uses GMT +10 for this comparison.
For example, 7:00 am EST is 10:00 pm PGT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 5pm-6pm EST, which is 8am-9am PGT (next day).
EST is a fixed UTC-5 standard-time offset. For current Eastern Time, compare EDT to PGT or ET to PGT.
Compare EST time with PGT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 15 hours behind Papua New Guinea Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 10:00 pm22:00 in PGT
EST to PGT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-9am in PGT (next day)
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 Papua New Guinea Time (PGT). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 10:00 pm22:00 PGT
| EST | PGT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 3pm |
| 1am | 4pm |
| 2am | 5pm |
| 3am | 6pm |
| 4am | 7pm |
| 5am | 8pm |
| 6am | 9pm |
| 7am | 10pm |
| 8am | 11pm |
| 9am | 12am (midnight) |
| 10am | 1am |
| 11am | 2am |
| 12pm (noon) | 3am |
| 1pm | 4am |
| 2pm | 5am |
| 3pm | 6am |
| 4pm | 7am |
| 5pm | 8am |
| 6pm | 9am |
| 7pm | 10am |
| 8pm | 11am |
| 9pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 10pm | 1pm |
| 11pm | 2pm |
| 00:00 | 15:00 |
| 01:00 | 16:00 |
| 02:00 | 17:00 |
| 03:00 | 18:00 |
| 04:00 | 19:00 |
| 05:00 | 20:00 |
| 06:00 | 21:00 |
| 07:00 | 22:00 |
| 08:00 | 23:00 |
| 09:00 | 00:00 |
| 10:00 | 01:00 |
| 11:00 | 02:00 |
| 12:00 | 03:00 |
| 13:00 | 04:00 |
| 14:00 | 05:00 |
| 15:00 | 06:00 |
| 16:00 | 07:00 |
| 17:00 | 08:00 |
| 18:00 | 09:00 |
| 19:00 | 10:00 |
| 20:00 | 11:00 |
| 21:00 | 12:00 |
| 22:00 | 13:00 |
| 23:00 | 14:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Papua New Guinea Time
Offset: PGT is 10 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: Papua New Guinea
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PGT time zone is Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, with about 283,733 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lae, Arawa, Mount Hagen, Popondetta.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Papua New Guinea Time (PGT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PGT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
PGT representations, usage and related time zones
- +10 - basic short
- +1000 - basic
- +10:00 - extended
- +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Kilo - Military abbreviation for PGT
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
- CHUT - Chuuk Time
- ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
- K - Kilo Time Zone
- KDT - Korea Daylight Time
- PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
- VLAT - Vladivostok Time
- YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
- YAPT - Yap Time