EDT to PKT Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 12, 2026
EDT is 9 hours behind PKT.
EDT and PKT examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and PKT (UTC+5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 9 hours behind PKT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 9 hours behind PKT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 10 hours behind PKT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in PKT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in PKT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in PKT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in PKT.
Compare EDT time with PKT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 9 hours behind Pakistan Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 5:00 pm17:00 in PKT
EDT to PKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in EDT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in PKT. 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
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:00 pm17:00 PKT
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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
Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
PKT 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 east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time