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

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8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026

Duolun is 12 hours ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Duolun is 12 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Duolun is 13 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Duolun correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Duolun correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Duolun correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Duolun correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in EST.

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

Time Difference

CST (China Standard Time) is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in Duolun, China is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Duolun to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in Duolun which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in EDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Duolun, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Duolun, China / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Duolun Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CST – China Standard Time, UTC+8 (no daylight saving time)

Duolun Facts

Country
China
Currency
Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Geographic Coordinates
42° 11' N Latitude / 116° 29' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+86

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
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  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
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  • 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