EST to BRT Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 15, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 BRT (UTC-3), Oct 15, 2026
EDT is 1 hour behind BRT.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and BRT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and BRT (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 BRT.
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 BRT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to BRT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour behind BRT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 2 hours behind BRT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in BRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in BRT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in BRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in BRT.
Compare EST time with BRT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour behind Brasília time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 9:00 am09:00 in BRT
EDT to BRT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EDT which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in BRT
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Brasília time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 9:00 am09:00 BRT
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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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.
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
Brasília time
Offset: BRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Brazil
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BRT time zone is Fortaleza in Brazil, with about 2.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include São Luís, Natal, Teresina, João Pessoa.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Brasília time (BRT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BRT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
BRT 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 BRT
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time