Colombia
-05
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use

Time Difference

is 5 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 1 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time
12:00 am00:00 in Bogota, Colombia is 5:00 am05:00 in UTC and is 1:00 am01:00 in EDT

Bogota to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-1pm in Bogota which corresponds to 1pm-6pm in UTC
Bogota to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in Bogota which corresponds to 8am-6pm in EST

12:00 am00:00 (Bogota, Colombia). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

12:00 am00:00 Bogota, Colombia / 5:00 am05:00 UTC / 1:00 am01:00 EDT

Bogota, Colombia UTC EDT
12am (midnight) 5am 1am
1am 6am 2am
2am 7am 3am
3am 8am 4am
4am 9am 5am
5am 10am 6am
6am 11am 7am
7am 12pm (noon) 8am
8am 1pm 9am
9am 2pm 10am
10am 3pm 11am
11am 4pm 12pm (noon)
12pm (noon) 5pm 1pm
1pm 6pm 2pm
2pm 7pm 3pm
3pm 8pm 4pm
4pm 9pm 5pm
5pm 10pm 6pm
6pm 11pm 7pm
7pm 12am (midnight) 8pm
8pm 1am 9pm
9pm 2am 10pm
10pm 3am 11pm
11pm 4am 12am (midnight)
0:00 5:00 1:00
1:00 6:00 2:00
2:00 7:00 3:00
3:00 8:00 4:00
4:00 9:00 5:00
5:00 10:00 6:00
6:00 11:00 7:00
7:00 12:00 8:00
8:00 13:00 9:00
9:00 14:00 10:00
10:00 15:00 11:00
11:00 16:00 12:00
12:00 17:00 13:00
13:00 18:00 14:00
14:00 19:00 15:00
15:00 20:00 16:00
16:00 21:00 17:00
17:00 22:00 18:00
18:00 23:00 19:00
19:00 0:00 20:00
20:00 1:00 21:00
21:00 2:00 22:00
22:00 3:00 23:00
23:00 4:00 0:00

Bogota Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
-05 -
COT - Colombia Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during , currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Colombia Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Bogota Facts

Country
Colombia
Alternative Names
BOG, Bagata, Bogot, Bogota, Bogoto, Bogotà, Bogotá, Boqota, Buoguota, Bógóta, Mponkota, Santa-Fe-de-Bogota, Santafe de Bogota, Santafe de Bogotá, Santafé de Bogotá, Wukuta, beageatta, bo ge da, bogota, bokota, bwghwta, bwgwta, bwgwth, bwjwta, pokotta, Μπογκοτά, Багата, Богота, Боґота, Санта-Фе-де-Богота, Բոգոտա, באגאטא, בוגוטה, بوجوتا, بوغوتا, بوگوتا, بگوٹا, بۆگۆتا, बोगोटा, बोगोता, বোগোতা, ਬੋਗੋਤਾ, ବୋଗୋଟା, பொகோட்டா, ಬೊಗೋಟ, ബൊഗോട്ട, โบโกตา, པོ་གོ་ཏ, ဘိုဂိုတာမြို့, ბოგოტა, ቦጎታ, ទីក្រុងបូកូតា, ボゴタ, 波哥大, 보고타
Population
7,674,366
Currency
Peso (COP)
Geographic Coordinates
4° 36' N Latitude / 74° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+57

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

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

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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