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EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
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Taiwan
CST
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 9, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 9, 2026

EDT is 12 hours behind Nantou.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 12 hours behind Nantou. At other times of the year, EST is 13 hours behind Nantou.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in Nantou. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in Nantou.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 21:00 to 05:00 (next day) in Nantou. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 22:00 to 06:00 (next day) in Nantou.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 12 hours behind CST (China Standard Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 8:00 pm20:00 in Nantou, Taiwan

EDT to Nantou call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in EDT which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in Nantou

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Nantou, Taiwan). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 8:00 pm20:00 Nantou, Taiwan

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Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EDT Time Zone Geo Map
EDT timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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

Nantou Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT+8 - Taiwan Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during Taiwan Standard Time, currently in use.

Nantou Facts

Country
Taiwan
Alternative Names
Lam-tau-chhi, Lâm-tâu-chhī, Nam GJau, Nam Đầu, Nam-theu-su, Nan'tou, Nan-t'ou, Nan-t'ou-chieh, Nan-t'ou-hsien, Nan-t'ou-shih, Nan-tchou, Nan-t’ou, Nan-t’ou-chieh, Nan-t’ou-hsien, Nan-t’ou-shih, Nantou, Nantou City, Nantou by, Nantow, Nàm-thèu-sṳ, nan tou, nan tou shi, nanteou si, nantw, Наньтоу, نانتو, 南投, 南投市, 난터우 시
Population
105,682
Currency
Dollar (TWD)
Geographic Coordinates
23° 54' N Latitude / 120° 39' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+886