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EST to AZOST Converter

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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)
AZOST
Azores Summer Time
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 4, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 4, 2026

EDT is 4 hours behind AZOST.

EST and AZOST examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and AZOST (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 5 hours behind AZOST.

EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to AZOST. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to AZOST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind AZOST. At other times of the year, EST is 4 hours behind AZOT or EDT is 3 hours behind AZOT.

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 AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in AZOT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in AZOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in AZOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in AZOT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in AZOT.

Compare EST time with AZOST 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 Azores Summer Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST

EDT to AZOST 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 AZOST

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 12:00 pm12:00 AZOST

EDTAZOST
12:00am4:00am
1:00am5:00am
2:00am6:00am
3:00am7:00am
4:00am8:00am
5:00am9:00am
6:00am10:00am
7:00am11:00am
8:00am12:00pm
9:00am1:00pm
10:00am2:00pm
11:00am3:00pm
12:00pm4:00pm
1:00pm5:00pm
2:00pm6:00pm
3:00pm7:00pm
4:00pm8:00pm
5:00pm9:00pm
6:00pm10:00pm
7:00pm11:00pm
8:00pm12:00am
9:00pm1:00am
10:00pm2:00am
11:00pm3:00am
00:0004:00
01:0005:00
02:0006:00
03:0007:00
04:0008:00
05:0009:00
06:0010:00
07:0011:00
08:0012:00
09:0013:00
10:0014:00
11:0015:00
12:0016:00
13:0017:00
14:0018:00
15:0019:00
16:0020:00
17:0021:00
18:0022:00
19:0023:00
20:0000:00
21:0001:00
22:0002:00
23:0003:00

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 8.804 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

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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 an offset of five hours 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

Azores Summer Time

Offset: AZOST is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Atlantic

Countries using this time zone: Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOST time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people.

AZOST Time Zone Geo Map
AZOST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Azores Time (AZOT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Azores Summer Time (AZOST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AZOST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for AZOST
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • 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
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT