EASST to EST Converter
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EASST and EST examples
These examples always use EASST (UTC-5) 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.
EASST and EST have the same local time.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use EASST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use EASST to EDT.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, EASST and EST have the same time, EASST is 1 hour behind EDT, or EAST is 2 hours behind EDT.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EASST correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EASST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EAST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in EDT.
Compare EASST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Easter Island Summer Time is 0 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in EASST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST
EASST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in EASST which corresponds to 9am-5pm in EST
7:00 am07:00 Easter Island Summer Time (EASST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EASST / 7:00 am07:00 EST
| EASST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
| 1am | 1am |
| 2am | 2am |
| 3am | 3am |
| 4am | 4am |
| 5am | 5am |
| 6am | 6am |
| 7am | 7am |
| 8am | 8am |
| 9am | 9am |
| 10am | 10am |
| 11am | 11am |
| 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
| 1pm | 1pm |
| 2pm | 2pm |
| 3pm | 3pm |
| 4pm | 4pm |
| 5pm | 5pm |
| 6pm | 6pm |
| 7pm | 7pm |
| 8pm | 8pm |
| 9pm | 9pm |
| 10pm | 10pm |
| 11pm | 11pm |
| 00:00 | 00:00 |
| 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 02:00 | 02:00 |
| 03:00 | 03:00 |
| 04:00 | 04:00 |
| 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 07:00 | 07:00 |
| 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 11:00 | 11:00 |
| 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 13:00 | 13:00 |
| 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 16:00 | 16:00 |
| 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 21:00 | 21:00 |
| 22:00 | 22:00 |
| 23:00 | 23:00 |
Easter Island Summer Time
Offset: EASST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: Chile

Daylight Saving: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Easter Island Standard Time (EAST).
Start: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) started on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 pm local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Saturday, September 6, 2025, 11:00 pm. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Saturday of September
End: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) ends on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 pm local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 4, 2026, 9:00 pm local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Saturday of April
EASST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EASST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
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, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

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).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- 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
- 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
