EST to Sydney, Australia to Melbourne, Australia to CET
Compare EST time with Sydney, Melbourne, and CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 16 hours behind AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) and 16 hours behind AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) and 6 hours behind Central European Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 11:00 pm23:00 in Sydney, Australia and is 11:00 pm23:00 in Melbourne, Australia and is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET
EST to Sydney call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in EST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in Sydney (next day)
EST to Melbourne call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in EST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in Melbourne (next day)
EST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in CET
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Melbourne, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 EST / 11:00 pm23:00 Sydney, Australia / 11:00 pm23:00 Melbourne, Australia / 1:00 pm13:00 CET
| EST | Sydney, Australia | Melbourne, Australia | CET |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 4pm | 4pm | 6am |
| 1am | 5pm | 5pm | 7am |
| 2am | 6pm | 6pm | 8am |
| 3am | 7pm | 7pm | 9am |
| 4am | 8pm | 8pm | 10am |
| 5am | 9pm | 9pm | 11am |
| 6am | 10pm | 10pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 11pm | 11pm | 1pm |
| 8am | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) | 2pm |
| 9am | 1am | 1am | 3pm |
| 10am | 2am | 2am | 4pm |
| 11am | 3am | 3am | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 4am | 4am | 6pm |
| 1pm | 5am | 5am | 7pm |
| 2pm | 6am | 6am | 8pm |
| 3pm | 7am | 7am | 9pm |
| 4pm | 8am | 8am | 10pm |
| 5pm | 9am | 9am | 11pm |
| 6pm | 10am | 10am | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 11am | 11am | 1am |
| 8pm | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) | 2am |
| 9pm | 1pm | 1pm | 3am |
| 10pm | 2pm | 2pm | 4am |
| 11pm | 3pm | 3pm | 5am |
| 00:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 23:00 | 23:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 02:00 | 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 03:00 | 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 04:00 | 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 06:00 | 06:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 07:00 | 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 08:00 | 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 09:00 | 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 05:00 |
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 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
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
Sydney Information
Time Zone
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Sydney Facts
Melbourne Information
Time Zone
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Melbourne Facts
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
