EST to CST to MDT to UTC to ET to IST Time Converter
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7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 8, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Nov 8, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 MST (UTC-7), Nov 8, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Nov 8, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 ET (UTC-5), Nov 8, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 8, 2026
EST is 1 hour ahead of CST. EST is 2 hours ahead of MST. EST is 5 hours behind UTC. EST and ET have the same local time. EST is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
How the time difference changes
EST to CST
For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour ahead of CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST is 1 hour ahead of CST. Briefly around clock changes, EDT is 2 hours ahead of CST or EST and CDT have the same time.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in CST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in CST.
EST to MDT
For most of the year, EDT is 2 hours ahead of MDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST is 2 hours ahead of MST. Briefly around clock changes, EDT is 3 hours ahead of MST or EST is 1 hour ahead of MDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in MST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in MST.
EST to UTC
For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind UTC. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST is 5 hours behind UTC.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in UTC.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in UTC. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in UTC.
EST to ET
For most of the year, EDT and ET have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST and ET have the same time.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in ET.
EST to IST
For most of the year, EDT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, EST is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 6:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 7:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 18:30 to 03:30 (next day) in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 19:30 to 04:30 (next day) in IST.
Compare EST time with CST, MDT, UTC, ET, and IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Standard Time. Eastern Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Standard Time. Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Time have the same local time. Eastern Standard Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 6:00 am06:00 in CST and is 5:00 am05:00 in MST and is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 7:00 am07:00 in ET and is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
EST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in EST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in CST.
EST to MST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in EST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in MST.
EST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in EST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in UTC.
EST to ET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in EST which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in ET.
EST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in EST which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in IST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Mountain Standard Time (MST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Time (ET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 6:00 am06:00 CST / 5:00 am05:00 MST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 7:00 am07:00 ET / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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| EST | CST | MST | UTC | ET | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | 5:00am | 12:00am | 10:30am | |
| 12:00am | 11:00pm previous day | 6:00am | 1:00am | 11:30am | |
| 1:00am | 12:00am | 7:00am | 2:00am | 12:30pm | |
| 2:00am | 1:00am | 8:00am | 3:00am | 1:30pm | |
| 3:00am | 2:00am | 9:00am | 4:00am | 2:30pm | |
| 4:00am | 3:00am | 10:00am | 5:00am | 3:30pm | |
| 5:00am | 4:00am | 11:00am | 6:00am | 4:30pm | |
| 6:00am | 5:00am | 12:00pm | 7:00am | 5:30pm | |
| 7:00am | 6:00am | 1:00pm | 8:00am | 6:30pm | |
| 8:00am | 7:00am | 2:00pm | 9:00am | 7:30pm | |
| 9:00am | 8:00am | 3:00pm | 10:00am | 8:30pm | |
| 10:00am | 9:00am | 4:00pm | 11:00am | 9:30pm | |
| 11:00am | 10:00am | 5:00pm | 12:00pm | 10:30pm | |
| 12:00pm | 11:00am | 6:00pm | 1:00pm | 11:30pm | |
| 1:00pm | 12:00pm | 7:00pm | 2:00pm | 12:30am next day | |
| 2:00pm | 1:00pm | 8:00pm | 3:00pm | 1:30am next day | |
| 3:00pm | 2:00pm | 9:00pm | 4:00pm | 2:30am next day | |
| 4:00pm | 3:00pm | 10:00pm | 5:00pm | 3:30am next day | |
| 5:00pm | 4:00pm | 11:00pm | 6:00pm | 4:30am next day | |
| 6:00pm | 5:00pm | 12:00am next day | 7:00pm | 5:30am next day | |
| 7:00pm | 6:00pm | 1:00am next day | 8:00pm | 6:30am next day | |
| 8:00pm | 7:00pm | 2:00am next day | 9:00pm | 7:30am next day | |
| 9:00pm | 8:00pm | 3:00am next day | 10:00pm | 8:30am next day | |
| 10:00pm | 9:00pm | 4:00am next day | 11:00pm | 9:30am next day | |
| 23:00 previous day | 22:00 previous day | 05:00 | 00:00 | 10:30 | |
| 00:00 | 23:00 previous day | 06:00 | 01:00 | 11:30 | |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | 07:00 | 02:00 | 12:30 | |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 | 03:00 | 13:30 | |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | 09:00 | 04:00 | 14:30 | |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | 10:00 | 05:00 | 15:30 | |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | 11:00 | 06:00 | 16:30 | |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | 12:00 | 07:00 | 17:30 | |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | 13:00 | 08:00 | 18:30 | |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | 14:00 | 09:00 | 19:30 | |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | 15:00 | 10:00 | 20:30 | |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | 16:00 | 11:00 | 21:30 | |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 22:30 | |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 | 13:00 | 23:30 | |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | 19:00 | 14:00 | 00:30 next day | |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 01:30 next day | |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | 21:00 | 16:00 | 02:30 next day | |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | 22:00 | 17:00 | 03:30 next day | |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | 23:00 | 18:00 | 04:30 next day | |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | 00:00 next day | 19:00 | 05:30 next day | |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | 01:00 next day | 20:00 | 06:30 next day | |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | 02:00 next day | 21:00 | 07:30 next day | |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | 03:00 next day | 22:00 | 08:30 next day | |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | 04:00 next day | 23:00 | 09:30 next day |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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 all shaded areas are on EST.
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 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CST.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Mountain Daylight Time
Offset: MDT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the MDT time zone is Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, with about 1.512 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Denver, El Paso, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs.
French: HAR - Heure Avancée des Rocheuses
Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (MST).
Daylight Saving: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Mountain Standard Time (MST).
End: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
Start: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
MDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for MDT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Boise
- America/Cambridge_Bay
- America/Ciudad_Juarez
- America/Denver
- America/Edmonton
- America/Inuvik
- America/Shiprock
- America/Yellowknife
- Canada/Mountain
- MST7MDT
- Navajo
- US/Mountain
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Coordinated Universal Time
Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the UTC time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−1.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Eastern Time
Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.
ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.
In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ET 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 all shaded areas are on ET.
ET 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 ET
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- Eastern Time - UTC -5
- Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
- 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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in India: India time now
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2