EDT to PYST Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 PYST (UTC-3), Oct 13, 2026
EDT is 1 hour behind PYST.
EDT and PYST examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and PYST (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 1 hour behind PYST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour behind PYST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 2 hours behind PYST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in PYST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in PYST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in PYST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in PYST.
Compare EDT time with PYST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour behind Paraguay Summer Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 9:00 am09:00 in PYST
EDT to PYST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in EDT which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in PYST
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Paraguay Summer Time (PYST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 9:00 am09:00 PYST
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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
Paraguay Summer Time
Offset: PYST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Paraguay
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PYST time zone is Asunción in Paraguay, with about 1.482 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ciudad del Este, Pedro Juan Caballero, Encarnación, Villa Hayes.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Paraguay Summer Time (PYST) do not change for daylight saving time, so PYST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
PYST representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for PYST
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time