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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 17, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 FKT (UTC-3), Oct 17, 2026

EDT is 1 hour behind Stanley.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour behind Stanley, Falkland Islands. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 2 hours behind Stanley, Falkland Islands.

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 Stanley, Falkland Islands. 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 Stanley, Falkland Islands.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in Stanley, Falkland Islands. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Compare EST time with Stanley 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 FKT (Falkland Islands Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 9:00 am09:00 in Stanley, Falkland Islands

EDT to Stanley 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 Stanley

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 FKT (Falkland Islands Time) (Stanley, Falkland Islands). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 9:00 am09:00 Stanley, Falkland Islands

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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
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  • America/Indianapolis
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  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
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  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
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  • 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

Stanley Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
FKT – Falkland Islands Time, UTC-3 (no daylight saving time)

Stanley Facts

Country
Falkland Islands
Alternative Names
PSY, Port Stanley, Port Stenli, Port Stenlis, Port-Stehnli, Port-Stenli, Porto Arxentino/Stanley, Puerto Archentinas/Stenlis, Puerto Argentino, Puerto Stanley, Stanlef, Stanlejo, Stanley, Stanley Harbour, Stehnli, Stenli, Stenlis, astnly jzayr falklnd, asٹynlے jzayr faklynڈ, icutanli, porta stenli, seutaenli, si tan li, si tan li gang, stanly, stnly, sutanre, sutanri, Στάνλεϋ, Порт Стенли, Порт-Стенлі, Порт-Стэнли, Стенли, Стэнлі, Պորտ Սթենլի, סטאנלי, סטנלי, استنلی، جزایر فالکلند, اسٹینلے، جزائر فاکلینڈ, ستانلي, سٹینلے, पोर्ट स्टॅन्ली, இசுடான்லி, സ്റ്റാൻലി, สแตนลีย์, スタンリー, スタンレー, 斯坦利, 斯坦利港, 스탠리
Population
2,213
Currency
Pound (FKP)
Geographic Coordinates
51° 41' S Latitude / 57° 51' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+500