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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026

EDT is 6 hours behind Worcester.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 6 hours behind Worcester, South Africa. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 7 hours behind Worcester, South Africa.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Worcester, South Africa. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Worcester, South Africa.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in Worcester, South Africa. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in Worcester, South Africa.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 6 hours behind SAST (South Africa Standard Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in Worcester, South Africa

EDT to Worcester call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in EDT which corresponds to 3pm-5pm15:00-17:00 in Worcester

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST (South Africa Standard Time) (Worcester, South Africa). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 2:00 pm14:00 Worcester, South Africa

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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

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

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).

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 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
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time

Worcester Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
SAST – South Africa Standard Time, UTC+2 (no daylight saving time)

Worcester Facts

Country
South Africa
Alternative Names
Vustehr, Vuster, Worcester, Worcester i Western Cape, usuta, wu si te, Вустер, Вустэр, ウースター, 伍斯特
Population
127,597
Currency
Rand (ZAR)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 38' S Latitude / 19° 26' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+27