EDT to Z Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 5, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 Z (UTC+0), Oct 5, 2026
EDT is 4 hours behind Z.
EDT and Z examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and Z (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 4 hours behind Z.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind Z. At other times of the year, EST is 5 hours behind Z.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in Z. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in Z.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in Z. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in Z.
Compare EDT time with Z time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Zulu Time Zone.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in Z
EDT to Z call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in EDT which corresponds to 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in Z
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Zulu Time Zone (Z). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 12:00 pm12:00 Z
| EDT | Z |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 4:00am |
| 1:00am | 5:00am |
| 2:00am | 6:00am |
| 3:00am | 7:00am |
| 4:00am | 8:00am |
| 5:00am | 9:00am |
| 6:00am | 10:00am |
| 7:00am | 11:00am |
| 8:00am | 12:00pm |
| 9:00am | 1:00pm |
| 10:00am | 2:00pm |
| 11:00am | 3:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 12:00am |
| 9:00pm | 1:00am |
| 10:00pm | 2:00am |
| 11:00pm | 3:00am |
| 00:00 | 04:00 |
| 01:00 | 05:00 |
| 02:00 | 06:00 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 |
| 04:00 | 08:00 |
| 05:00 | 09:00 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 |
| 07:00 | 11:00 |
| 08:00 | 12:00 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 |
| 10:00 | 14:00 |
| 11:00 | 15:00 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 |
| 13:00 | 17:00 |
| 14:00 | 18:00 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 |
| 16:00 | 20:00 |
| 17:00 | 21:00 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 |
| 19:00 | 23:00 |
| 20:00 | 00:00 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 |
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
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
Zulu Time Zone
Offset: Z is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
Z representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for Z
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone