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How the time difference changes

Normally, St. John's is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of ET. Briefly around seasonal clock changes, St. John's is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of ET or St. John's is 30 minutes ahead of ET.

Typically, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in St. John's correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in ET.

Compare St. John's time with ET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

NST (Newfoundland Standard Time) is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Time
8:30 am08:30 in St. John's, Canada is 7:00 am07:00 in ET

St. John's to ET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in St. John's which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in ET

8:30 am08:30 NST (Newfoundland Standard Time) (St. John's, Canada). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Time (ET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 St. John's, Canada / 7:00 am07:00 ET

St. John's, CanadaET
12am (midnight)10:30 pm
1am11:30 pm
2am12:30 am
3am1:30 am
4am2:30 am
5am3:30 am
6am4:30 am
7am5:30 am
8am6:30 am
9am7:30 am
10am8:30 am
11am9:30 am
12pm (noon)10:30 am
1pm11:30 am
2pm12:30 pm
3pm1:30 pm
4pm2:30 pm
5pm3:30 pm
6pm4:30 pm
7pm5:30 pm
8pm6:30 pm
9pm7:30 pm
10pm8:30 pm
11pm9:30 pm
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St. John's Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time
NST - Newfoundland Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-2:30 hours during Newfoundland Daylight Time, currently in use.
-3:30 hours during Newfoundland Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

St. John's Facts

Country
Canada
Alternative Names
Agios Ioannis Neas Gis, Baile Naoimh Eoin, Baile Naoimh Eòin, Baile Sheain, Baile Sheáin, Saint John, Saint John's, Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve, San Juan de Terranova, Sanctus Ioannes Terrae Novae, Sejnt Dzhons, Sent DZons, Sent Dzonsas, Sent Džonsas, Sent-Dzhons, St Johns, St. John's, St. John's pa Newfoundland, St. John's på Newfoundland, St. John’s, YYT, ceyint jans, sant jwnz, seinteujonseu, sentojonzu, sheng yue han si, snt g'wns, Άγιος Ιωάννης Νέας Γης, Сейнт Джонс, Сент Џонс, Сент-Джонс, סנט ג'ונס, سانت جونز, سینٹ جان, سینٹ جانز، نیوفنلینڈ اور لیبراڈار, செயின்ட் ஜான்ஸ், სენტ-ჯონზი, セントジョンズ, 聖約翰斯, 세인트존스
Population
110,525
Currency
Dollar (CAD)
Geographic Coordinates
47° 33' N Latitude / 52° 42' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Eastern Time

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

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

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

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

ET 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 ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
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