EGST to EST Converter
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This converter uses WGST (GMT -2), the offset Scoresbysund uses on this date.Quick answers
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EGST and EST examples
These examples always use EGST (UTC+0) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EGST is 5 hours ahead of EST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use EGST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use EGST to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EGT is 3 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, WGST is 3 hours ahead of EST or WGST is 2 hours ahead of EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EGT correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGST correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in EST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGST correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in EDT.
Compare EGST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Western Greenland Summer Time is 3 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
10:00 am10:00 in WGST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST
WGST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in WGST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in EST
10:00 am10:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:00 am10:00 WGST / 7:00 am07:00 EST
| WGST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 1am | 10pm |
| 2am | 11pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 1am |
| 5am | 2am |
| 6am | 3am |
| 7am | 4am |
| 8am | 5am |
| 9am | 6am |
| 10am | 7am |
| 11am | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 1pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 4pm |
| 8pm | 5pm |
| 9pm | 6pm |
| 10pm | 7pm |
| 11pm | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 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 |
Eastern Greenland Summer Time
Offset: EGST is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Daylight Saving: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe East Greenland Time (EGT).
End: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October
Start: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) starts on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Saturday of March
EGST 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 EGST
- 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST 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: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- 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/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone