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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 16, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 CVT (UTC-1), Oct 16, 2026

EDT is 3 hours behind CVT.

EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and CVT examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and CVT (UTC-1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 4 hours behind CVT.

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 CVT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to CVT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 3 hours behind CVT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 4 hours behind CVT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in CVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in CVT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in CVT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in CVT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 3 hours behind Cape Verde Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 11:00 am11:00 in CVT

EDT to CVT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in EDT which corresponds to 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in CVT

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Cape Verde Time (CVT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 11:00 am11:00 CVT

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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

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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 USA daylight saving time and 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

Cape Verde Time

Offset: CVT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cabo Verde

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CVT time zone is Praia in Cabo Verde, with about 137,868 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mindelo, Espargos, Assomada, Tarrafal.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Cape Verde Time (CVT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CVT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CVT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for CVT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone