Los Angeles to EST to New York City Time Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EDT. Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York City.
How the time difference changes
Los Angeles to EST
For most of the year, Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Los Angeles is 3 hours behind EST. Briefly around clock changes, Los Angeles is 2 hours behind EST or Los Angeles is 4 hours behind EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in EST.
Los Angeles to New York City
Normally, Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York City. Briefly around seasonal clock changes, Los Angeles is 2 hours behind New York City or Los Angeles is 4 hours behind New York City.
Typically, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in New York City.Typically, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Los Angeles correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in New York City.
Compare Los Angeles time with EST and New York City time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) is 3 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) is 3 hours behind EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).
5:00 am05:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 8:00 am08:00 in New York City, NY, USA
Los Angeles to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in Los Angeles which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in EDT
Los Angeles to New York City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in Los Angeles which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in New York City
5:00 am05:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 8:00 am08:00 New York City, NY, USA
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Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (standard time)
Los Angeles Facts
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
New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)
