EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
Australia
AEST
New Zealand
NZST
Australia
AEST

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 14 hours behind AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and 16 hours behind NZST (New Zealand Standard Time) and 14 hours behind AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
2:30 am02:30 in EDT is 4:30 pm16:30 in Cairns, Australia and is 6:30 pm18:30 in Auckland, New Zealand and is 4:30 pm16:30 in Melbourne, Australia

EST to Cairns call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30am-7:30am in EST which corresponds to 8:30pm-10:30pm in Cairns
EST to Auckland call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30am-6:30am in EST which corresponds to 9:30pm-11:30pm in Auckland
EST to Melbourne call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30am-7:30am in EST which corresponds to 8:30pm-10:30pm in Melbourne

2:30 am02:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) (Cairns, Australia). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 NZST (New Zealand Standard Time) (Auckland, New Zealand). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) (Melbourne, Australia). Offset UTC +10:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 EDT / 4:30 pm16:30 Cairns, Australia / 6:30 pm18:30 Auckland, New Zealand / 4:30 pm16:30 Melbourne, Australia

EDT Cairns, Australia Auckland, New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
12am (midnight) 2pm 4pm 2pm
1am 3pm 5pm 3pm
2am 4pm 6pm 4pm
3am 5pm 7pm 5pm
4am 6pm 8pm 6pm
5am 7pm 9pm 7pm
6am 8pm 10pm 8pm
7am 9pm 11pm 9pm
8am 10pm 12am (midnight) 10pm
9am 11pm 1am 11pm
10am 12am (midnight) 2am 12am (midnight)
11am 1am 3am 1am
12pm (noon) 2am 4am 2am
1pm 3am 5am 3am
2pm 4am 6am 4am
3pm 5am 7am 5am
4pm 6am 8am 6am
5pm 7am 9am 7am
6pm 8am 10am 8am
7pm 9am 11am 9am
8pm 10am 12pm (noon) 10am
9pm 11am 1pm 11am
10pm 12pm (noon) 2pm 12pm (noon)
11pm 1pm 3pm 1pm
0:00 14:00 16:00 14:00
1:00 15:00 17:00 15:00
2:00 16:00 18:00 16:00
3:00 17:00 19:00 17:00
4:00 18:00 20:00 18:00
5:00 19:00 21:00 19:00
6:00 20:00 22:00 20:00
7:00 21:00 23:00 21:00
8:00 22:00 0:00 22:00
9:00 23:00 1:00 23:00
10:00 0:00 2:00 0:00
11:00 1:00 3:00 1:00
12:00 2:00 4:00 2:00
13:00 3:00 5:00 3:00
14:00 4:00 6:00 4:00
15:00 5:00 7:00 5:00
16:00 6:00 8:00 6:00
17:00 7:00 9:00 7:00
18:00 8:00 10:00 8:00
19:00 9:00 11:00 9:00
20:00 10:00 12:00 10:00
21:00 11:00 13:00 11:00
22:00 12:00 14:00 12:00
23:00 13:00 15:00 13:00

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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

Cairns Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+10:00 hours during Australian Eastern Standard Time, currently in use.

Cairns Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
CNS, Cairns, Kehrns, Kerns, Kernsa, Kernsas, Kērnsa, jian ci, kai en si, kairnsa, karnz, keanzu, keeonjeu, keeonseu, kernsa, knz, kyrnz, qyyrns, Кернс, Кэрнс, קיירנס, كيرنز, کارنز, کنز, کیرنز, کێنز, केर्न्स, कैर्न्स, ကိန်းမြို့, კერნსი, ケアンズ, 凱恩斯, 柬兹, 케언스, 케언즈
Population
153,075
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
16° 55' S Latitude / 145° 45' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61

Auckland Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+12:00 hours during New Zealand Standard Time, currently in use.
+13:00 hours during New Zealand Daylight Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3am Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on last Sunday of September. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, September 29, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2am Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on first Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 7, 2024, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Auckland Facts

Country
New Zealand
Alternative Names
AKL, Auckland, Aucland, Aucopolis, Awklanda, Okland, Oklandas, Oklant, Oklend, Oklenda, Tamaki-makau-rau, Tāmaki-makau-rau, akalyanda, akland, aklant, ao ke lan dou hui qu, awkland, awklnd, okalanda, okalenda, okeullaendeu, oklainda, okurando, yavkland, Ώκλαντ, Окланд, Окленд, Օկլենդ, אוקלנד, آوکلند, أوكلاند, ئاۋكلاند, ऑकलंड, ऑक्लैण्ड, অকল্যান্ড, ઓકલેન્ડ, ஆக்லன்ட், ఆక్లాండ్, ಆಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌, ഓക്‌ലൻഡ്, โอกแลนด์, အော့ကလန်မြို့, ოკლენდი, オークランド, 奧克蘭都會區, 오클랜드
Population
417,910
Currency
Dollar (NZD)
Geographic Coordinates
36° 50' S Latitude / 174° 45' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+64

Melbourne Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+10:00 hours during Australian Eastern Standard Time, currently in use.
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3am Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on first Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2am Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on first Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 7, 2024, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Melbourne Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
MEL, Mel'burn, Melbourne, Melbourne City, Melbournum, Melburn, Melburna, Melburnas, Melburno, Melvourni, mel beirn, melaborna, melbeoleun, melbeon, melporn, meruborun, mlbwrn, mo er ben, Μελβούρνη, Мелбурн, Мелбърн, Мельбурн, מלבורן, ملبورن, مېلبۇرن, मेलबोर्न, மெல்போர்ன், เมลเบิร์น, མེར་བུན, メルボルン, 墨尔本, 墨爾本, 멜버른, 멜번
Population
4,246,375
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
37° 48' S Latitude / 144° 57' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61