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9:00 am09:00 ART (UTC-3), Oct 12, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026

ART is 1 hour ahead of EDT.

ART and EDT examples

These examples always use ART (UTC-3) and EDT (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ART is 1 hour ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, ART is 1 hour ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, ART is 2 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ART correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ART correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ART correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ART correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in EST.

Compare ART time with EDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Argentina Time is 1 hour ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
9:00 am09:00 in ART is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

ART to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in ART which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in EDT

9:00 am09:00 Argentina Time (ART). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 ART / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Argentina Time

Offset: ART is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Argentina

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ART time zone is Buenos Aires in Argentina, with about 2.891 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca, La Plata, San Nicolás de los Arroyos.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Argentina Time (ART) do not change for daylight saving time, so ART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ART representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for ART
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
EDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EDT.

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST5EDT
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time