EDT to ACST Converter
South Australia is on daylight saving time: ACDT (UTC+10:30) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
The Northern Territory stays on ACST (UTC+9:30).
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10:00 am10:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 1, 2026 = 12:30 am00:30 ACST (UTC+9:30), Nov 2, 2026
EST is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind ACST.
EDT and ACST examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and ACST (UTC+9:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind ACST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 13 hours and 30 minutes behind ACST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind ACST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:30 pm to 7:30 am (next day) in ACST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:30 pm to 8:30 am (next day) in ACST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 22:30 to 07:30 (next day) in ACST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 23:30 to 08:30 (next day) in ACST.
Compare EDT time with ACST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Standard Time.
10:00 am10:00 in EST is 12:30 am00:30 in ACST
EST to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in EST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in ACST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
10:00 am10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
10:00 am10:00 EST / 12:30 am00:30 ACST
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Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−5 (EST).
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -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.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- 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/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- 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
Australian Central Standard Time
Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs, Mount Gambier.
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+10:30 (ACDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).
End: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ended on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.
Start: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
ACST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0930 - basic
- +09:30 - extended
- +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Australia/Adelaide
- Australia/Broken_Hill
- Australia/Darwin
- Australia/North
- Australia/South
- Australia/Yancowinna