AEST to UTC to EST Time Converter
Eastern Australia is on daylight saving time: AEDT (UTC+11) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
Queensland stays on AEST (UTC+10).
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10:00 pm22:00 AEST (UTC+10), Oct 15, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 15, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 15, 2026
AEST is 10 hours ahead of UTC. AEST is 14 hours ahead of EDT.
How the time difference changes
AEST to UTC
AEST is 10 hours ahead of UTC year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in UTC.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in UTC.
AEST to EST
For most of the year, AEST is 14 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AEST is 15 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST correspond to 7:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST correspond to 6:00 pm (previous day) to 3:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST correspond to 19:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST correspond to 18:00 (previous day) to 03:00 in EST.
Compare AEST time with UTC and EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Australian Eastern Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Australian Eastern Standard Time is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
10:00 pm22:00 in AEST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
AEST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in AEST which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in UTC. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
AEST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in AEST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in EDT (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
10:00 pm22:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 AEST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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| AEST | UTC | EDT |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm previous day | 10:00am previous day | |
| 3:00pm previous day | 11:00am previous day | |
| 4:00pm previous day | 12:00pm previous day | |
| 5:00pm previous day | 1:00pm previous day | |
| 6:00pm previous day | 2:00pm previous day | |
| 7:00pm previous day | 3:00pm previous day | |
| 8:00pm previous day | 4:00pm previous day | |
| 9:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | |
| 10:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | |
| 11:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | 8:00pm previous day | |
| 1:00am | 9:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00am | 10:00pm previous day | |
| 3:00am | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 4:00am | 12:00am | |
| 5:00am | 1:00am | |
| 6:00am | 2:00am | |
| 7:00am | 3:00am | |
| 8:00am | 4:00am | |
| 9:00am | 5:00am | |
| 10:00am | 6:00am | |
| 11:00am | 7:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 8:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 9:00am | |
| 14:00 previous day | 10:00 previous day | |
| 15:00 previous day | 11:00 previous day | |
| 16:00 previous day | 12:00 previous day | |
| 17:00 previous day | 13:00 previous day | |
| 18:00 previous day | 14:00 previous day | |
| 19:00 previous day | 15:00 previous day | |
| 20:00 previous day | 16:00 previous day | |
| 21:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | |
| 22:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | |
| 23:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | 20:00 previous day | |
| 01:00 | 21:00 previous day | |
| 02:00 | 22:00 previous day | |
| 03:00 | 23:00 previous day | |
| 04:00 | 00:00 | |
| 05:00 | 01:00 | |
| 06:00 | 02:00 | |
| 07:00 | 03:00 | |
| 08:00 | 04:00 | |
| 09:00 | 05:00 | |
| 10:00 | 06:00 | |
| 11:00 | 07:00 | |
| 12:00 | 08:00 | |
| 13:00 | 09:00 |
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 5.639 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ended on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.
Start: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra
Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.
AEST 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 AEST
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/Currie
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/Victoria
- 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
Coordinated Universal Time
Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
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).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
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
