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Australia
ACST
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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
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12pm
3pm
6pm
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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

Quick answers

Selected conversion

9:30 pm21:30 ACST (UTC+9:30), Oct 8, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 8, 2026

Palmerston is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Palmerston is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, Palmerston is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Palmerston correspond to 7:30 pm (previous day) to 3:30 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Palmerston correspond to 6:30 pm (previous day) to 2:30 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Palmerston correspond to 19:30 (previous day) to 03:30 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Palmerston correspond to 18:30 (previous day) to 02:30 in EST.

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

Time Difference

ACST (Australian Central Standard Time) is 13 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
9:30 pm21:30 in Palmerston, Australia is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Palmerston to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in Palmerston which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in EDT (previous day)

9:30 pm21:30 ACST (Australian Central Standard Time) (Palmerston, Australia). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

9:30 pm21:30 Palmerston, Australia / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

Palmerston, AustraliaEDT
12:00am10:30am
1:00am11:30am
2:00am12:30pm
3:00am1:30pm
4:00am2:30pm
5:00am3:30pm
6:00am4:30pm
7:00am5:30pm
8:00am6:30pm
9:00am7:30pm
10:00am8:30pm
11:00am9:30pm
12:00pm10:30pm
1:00pm11:30pm
2:00pm12:30am
3:00pm1:30am
4:00pm2:30am
5:00pm3:30am
6:00pm4:30am
7:00pm5:30am
8:00pm6:30am
9:00pm7:30am
10:00pm8:30am
11:00pm9:30am
00:0010:30
01:0011:30
02:0012:30
03:0013:30
04:0014:30
05:0015:30
06:0016:30
07:0017:30
08:0018:30
09:0019:30
10:0020:30
11:0021:30
12:0022:30
13:0023:30
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15:0001:30
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17:0003:30
18:0004:30
19:0005:30
20:0006:30
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22:0008:30
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Palmerston Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
ACST - Australian Central Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+9:30 hours during Australian Central Standard Time, currently in use.

Palmerston Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
Palmerston, pa mo si dun, Палмерстон, پالمرسٹون, პალმერსტონი, 帕默斯頓
Population
33,695
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
12° 29' S Latitude / 130° 58' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61

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 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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