EDT to AFT Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 14, 2026 = 4:30 pm16:30 AFT (UTC+4:30), Oct 14, 2026
EDT is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT.
EDT and AFT examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and AFT (UTC+4:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind AFT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 5:30 pm to 1:30 am (next day) in AFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:30 pm to 2:30 am (next day) in AFT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 17:30 to 01:30 (next day) in AFT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 18:30 to 02:30 (next day) in AFT.
Compare EDT time with AFT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind Afghanistan Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 4:30 pm16:30 in AFT
EDT to AFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in EDT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in AFT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Afghanistan Time (AFT). Offset UTC +4:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 4:30 pm16:30 AFT
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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 & Caicos Is, 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 all shaded areas are on EDT.
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
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
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Afghanistan Time
Offset: AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Afghanistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AFT time zone is Kabul in Afghanistan, with about 4.435 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Herāt, Kandahār, Mazār-e Sharīf, Jalālābād.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Afghanistan Time (AFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so AFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AFT representations, usage and related time zones
- +0430 - basic
- +04:30 - extended
- +0430 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- AFT - Afghanistan Time
- IRDT - Iran Daylight Time