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Eastern Time is on standard time: EST (UTC−5) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.

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11:00 pm23:00 BST (UTC+11), Nov 2, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 2, 2026

BST is 16 hours ahead of EST.

BST and EDT examples

These examples always use BST (UTC+11) 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.

BST is 15 hours ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BST Pacific is 15 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, BST Pacific is 16 hours ahead of EST.

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

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

Time Difference

Bougainville Standard Time is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
11:00 pm23:00 in BST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST

BST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in BST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in EST (previous day)

11:00 pm23:00 Bougainville Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

11:00 pm23:00 BST / 7:00 am07:00 EST

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Bougainville Standard Time

Offset: BST is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Papua New Guinea

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is Arawa in Papua New Guinea, with about 40,266 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kieta, Panguna.

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

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for BST
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
  • BST - Bougainville Standard Time
  • KOST - Kosrae Time
  • L - Lima Time Zone
  • LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
  • MAGT - Magadan Time
  • NCT - New Caledonia Time
  • NFT - Norfolk Time
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon Islands Time
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time

Eastern Daylight Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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 the shaded areas are on UTC−5 (EST).

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

123456789101112End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were 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.

123456789101112Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and 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
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time