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Atlantic Time is on daylight saving time: ADT (UTC−3) until Sun, Nov 1.

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7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Oct 17, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 ADT (UTC-3), Oct 17, 2026

George Town is 2 hours behind ADT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, George Town, Cayman Islands is 2 hours behind ADT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, George Town, Cayman Islands is 1 hour behind AST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in George Town, Cayman Islands correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in George Town, Cayman Islands correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in AST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in George Town, Cayman Islands correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in George Town, Cayman Islands correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in AST.

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

Time Difference

EST (Eastern Standard Time) is 2 hours behind Atlantic Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in George Town, Cayman Islands is 9:00 am09:00 in ADT

George Town to ADT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in George Town which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in ADT

7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (George Town, Cayman Islands). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 George Town, Cayman Islands / 9:00 am09:00 ADT

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George Town Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (no daylight saving time)

George Town Facts

Country
Cayman Islands
Alternative Names
Corctaun, Dzhordzh Taun, Dzhordzhtaun, Dzordz Taun, Dzordztaun, Dzordztaunas, Džordžtaunas, GCM, George Town, George Town pa Caymanoyane, George Town på Caymanøyane, Georgetown, Georgurbo, Tzortz Taoun, cxrc thawn, gwrg tʼwn, jarj tavun, jojitaun, jorjata'una, jwrj tawn, qiao zhi dui, qiao zhi dun, Τζωρτζ Τάουν, Џорџ Таун, Џорџтаун, Джордж Таун, Джорджтаун, Джорджтаўн, גורג טאון, جارج ٹاؤن، جزائر کیمین, جرج‌تاون، جزایر کیمن, جورج تاون, जॉर्जटाउन, ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், จอร์จทาวน์, ჯორჯტაუნი, ジョージタウン, 喬治敦, 조지타운
Population
29,370
Currency
Dollar (KYD)
Geographic Coordinates
19° 17' N Latitude / 81° 22' W Longitude

Atlantic Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, with about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de los Caballeros, Halifax, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís.

French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique

Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico

Map of the areas on Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
AST all year AST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−3 (ADT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

123456789101112End: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) 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.

123456789101112Start: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) 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 Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AST 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 AST
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Anguilla
  • America/Antigua
  • America/Aruba
  • America/Barbados
  • America/Blanc-Sablon
  • America/Curacao
  • America/Dominica
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Grenada
  • America/Guadeloupe
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Kralendijk
  • America/Lower_Princes
  • America/Marigot
  • America/Martinique
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Montserrat
  • America/Port_of_Spain
  • America/Puerto_Rico
  • America/Santo_Domingo
  • America/St_Barthelemy
  • America/St_Kitts
  • America/St_Lucia
  • America/St_Thomas
  • America/St_Vincent
  • America/Thule
  • America/Tortola
  • America/Virgin
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
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