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EST to AZST 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)
AZT/AZST
Azerbaijan Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AZST is not used on this date.

This converter uses AZT (UTC+4), as in Baku.

Keep AZST (UTC+5)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 11, 2026 = 4:00 pm16:00 AZT (UTC+4), Oct 11, 2026

EDT is 8 hours behind AZT.

EST and AZST examples

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

EST is 10 hours behind AZST.

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

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 8 hours behind AZT. At other times of the year, EST is 9 hours behind AZT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in AZT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in AZT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in AZT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in AZT.

Compare EST time with AZST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Azerbaijan Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 4:00 pm16:00 in AZT

EDT to AZT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in EDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in AZT

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Azerbaijan Time (AZT). Offset UTC +4:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 4:00 pm16:00 AZT

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

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

Azerbaijan Summer Time

Offset: AZST is 5 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

AZST Time Zone Geo Map
AZST timezone map

AZST 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for AZST
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
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