EDT to Los Angeles to Tokyo Time Converter

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EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC−4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Los Angeles
California, USAPDT
UTC−7
3h behind
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Clocks in Los Angeles go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · PDT → PST
Tokyo
JapanJST
UTC+9
13h ahead
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 18, 2026

EDT is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. EDT is 13 hours behind Tokyo.

How the time difference changes

EDT to Los Angeles

For most of the year, EDT is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Briefly around clock changes, EDT is 4 hours ahead of Los Angeles or EST is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in Los Angeles.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in Los Angeles.

EDT to Tokyo

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

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in Tokyo. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:00 pm to 8:00 am (next day) in Tokyo.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 22:00 to 07:00 (next day) in Tokyo. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 23:00 to 08:00 (next day) in Tokyo.

Compare EDT time with Los Angeles and Tokyo time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). Eastern Daylight Time is 13 hours behind JST (Japan Standard Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 5:00 am05:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA and is 9:00 pm21:00 in Tokyo, Japan

EDT to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in EDT which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in Los Angeles
EDT to Tokyo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in EDT which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in Tokyo (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Tokyo, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:00 am05:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 9:00 pm21:00 Tokyo, Japan

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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

Map of the areas on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
EDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EDT.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • 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

Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (now, daylight saving time)
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (PST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (PDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Clock Changes
USA daylight saving time · Clock changes worldwide

Los Angeles Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Alternative Names
Angelopolis, Ciudad De los Angelos, Cuidad De Los Angelos, El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porcivncula, El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de Porciuncula, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, El Pueblo del Rio de Nuestra Senora, L.A., LA, LAX, La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula, Lok-chham-ki, Los And'eles, Los Andzelas, Los Andzeles, Los Andzheles, Los Andzhelis, Los Andželas, Los Andželes, Los Angeles, Los Anjeles, Los Anjélés, Los Antzeles, Los Anxheles, Los Anxhelos, Los Anzeles, Los Anzheles, Los Ángeles, Los-Anceles, Los-Andzeles, Los-Andzhehles, Los-Andzheles, Los-Angeleso, Los-Anjeles, Los-Anzheles, Los-Anzheles shaary, Los-Anĝeleso, Losandzelosa, Losandželosa, Lo̍k-chhám-kî, Lungsod ng Los Angeles, Luos Andzels, Luos Andžels, Os Anxeles, Os Ánxeles, Pueblo De Los Angeles, Pueblo Los Angelos, el-ei, las aynjls, las encalas, las enjales, las enjalis, lasa ainjalasa, lasa enjalasa, lasa enjilasa, leas anceles, los-anjelesi, losa enjelasa, losa enjelisa, losa enjelsa, loseuaenjelleseu, loseuenjelleseu, ls anjls, luo shan ji, lws anjls, lws anjlws, lws anjlys, lws ʼngls, rosanzerusu, Λος Άντζελες, Лос Анджелес, Лос Анджелис, Лос Андьелес, Лос Анжелес, Лос Анђелес, Лос Анџелес, Лос Анҷелес, Лос Анӂелес, Лос-Анджелес, Лос-Анджэлес, Лос-Анжелес, Лос-Анжелес шаары, Лос-Анџелес, Լոս Անջելես, לאס אנדזשעלעס, לוס אנגלס, لاس اینجلس, لس آنجلس, لس‌آنجلس, لوس آنجلس, لوس أنجلوس, لوس ئانجېلېس, لوس انجليس, لوس‌آنجلس, لۆس ئانجلەس, लस एञ्जिलस, लस एन्जलस, लास एंजलस, लॉस एंजेलिस, लॉस एंजेल्स, লস অ্যাঞ্জেলেস, ਲਾਸ ਐਂਜਲਸ, લોસ એન્જેલસ, லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலஸ், లాస్ ఏంజలెస్, ಲಾಸ್ ಎಂಜಲೀಸ್, ലോസ് ആഞ്ചെലെസ്, ลอสแอนเจลิส, လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ်မြို့, ლოს-ანჯელესი, ሎስ አንጄሌስ, ロサンゼルス, 洛杉矶, 洛杉磯, 로스앤젤레스, 로스엔젤레스, 엘에이
Population
3,820,914
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 03' N Latitude / 118° 14' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1
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Tokyo Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
JST – Japan Standard Time, UTC+9 (no daylight saving time)

Tokyo Facts

Country
Japan
Alternative Names
Edo, TYO, Tochiu, Tocio, Tokija, Tokijas, Tokio, Tokió, Tokjo, Tokyo, Toquio, Toquio - dong jing, Toquio - 東京, Tòquio, Tókýó, Tóquio, Tōkyō, dokyo, dong jing, dong jing dou, dong-gyeong, tokeiyw, toki'o, tokkiyo, tokyo, twkyw, twqyw, Τόκιο, Токио, Токё, Токіо, Տոկիո, טוקיו, توكيو, توکیو, طوكيو, ܛܘܟܝܘ, ܜܘܟܝܘ, टोक्यो, টোকিও, டோக்கியோ, โตเกียว, ტოკიო, 东京, 東京, 東京都, 도쿄, 동경
Population
9,733,276
Currency
Yen (JPY)
Geographic Coordinates
35° 41' N Latitude / 139° 41' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+81
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