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EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
TRT
Turkey Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 3, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 TRT (UTC+3), Oct 3, 2026

EDT is 7 hours behind TRT.

EDT and TRT examples

These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and TRT (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 7 hours behind TRT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 7 hours behind TRT. At other times of the year, EST is 8 hours behind TRT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in TRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in TRT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in TRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in TRT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 7 hours behind Turkey Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 3:00 pm15:00 in TRT

EDT to TRT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in EDT which corresponds to 4pm-5pm16:00-17:00 in TRT

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Turkey Time (TRT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 3:00 pm15:00 TRT

EDTTRT
12:00am7:00am
1:00am8:00am
2:00am9:00am
3:00am10:00am
4:00am11:00am
5:00am12:00pm
6:00am1:00pm
7:00am2:00pm
8:00am3:00pm
9:00am4:00pm
10:00am5:00pm
11:00am6:00pm
12:00pm7:00pm
1:00pm8:00pm
2:00pm9:00pm
3:00pm10:00pm
4:00pm11:00pm
5:00pm12:00am
6:00pm1:00am
7:00pm2:00am
8:00pm3:00am
9:00pm4:00am
10:00pm5:00am
11:00pm6:00am
00:0007:00
01:0008:00
02:0009:00
03:0010:00
04:0011:00
05:0012:00
06:0013:00
07:0014:00
08:0015:00
09:0016:00
10:0017:00
11:0018:00
12:0019:00
13:0020:00
14:0021:00
15:0022:00
16:0023:00
17:0000:00
18:0001:00
19:0002:00
20:0003:00
21:0004:00
22:0005:00
23:0006:00

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

Turkey Time

Offset: TRT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Turkey Time (TRT) do not change for daylight saving time, so TRT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

TRT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for TRT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time