EST to AMST Converter
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7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 9, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 AMT (UTC-4), Nov 9, 2026
EST is 1 hour behind AMT.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and AMST examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and AMST (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 2 hours behind AMST.
EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to AMST. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to AMT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT and AMT have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST is 1 hour behind AMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in AMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in AMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in AMT.
Compare EST time with AMST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour behind Amazon Time.
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 8:00 am08:00 in AMT
EST to AMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EST which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in AMT.
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Amazon Time (AMT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 8:00 am08:00 AMT
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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today all shaded areas are on EST.
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 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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
Amazon Summer Time
Offset: AMST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
AMST representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -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 west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for AMST
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- Armenia Summer Time - UTC +5
- Amazon Summer Time - UTC -3
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasilia Time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- FKT - Falkland Islands Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time