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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

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6:30 pm18:30 CCT (UTC+6:30), Oct 12, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026

CCT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EDT.

CCT and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples

These examples always use CCT (UTC+6:30) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CCT is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use CCT to ET. For daylight-time examples, use CCT to EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CCT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CCT is 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CCT correspond to 10:30 pm (previous day) to 6:30 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CCT correspond to 9:30 pm (previous day) to 5:30 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CCT correspond to 22:30 (previous day) to 06:30 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CCT correspond to 21:30 (previous day) to 05:30 in EST.

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

Time Difference

Cocos Islands Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
6:30 pm18:30 in CCT is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

CCT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in CCT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in EDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

6:30 pm18:30 Cocos Islands Time (CCT). Offset UTC +6:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

6:30 pm18:30 CCT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Cocos Islands Time

Offset: CCT is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CCT time zone is West Island in the Cocos Islands, with about 120 people.

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

CCT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0630 - basic
  • +06:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0630 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +6:30 offset:
  • CCT - Cocos Islands Time
  • MMT - Myanmar Time

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

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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