EST to G Converter

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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)
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Golf Time Zone
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Quick answers

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 7:00 pm19:00 G (UTC+7), Oct 18, 2026

EDT is 11 hours behind G.

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

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and G (UTC+7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 12 hours behind G.

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

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 11 hours behind G. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 12 hours behind G.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 8:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in G. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 9:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in G.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 20:00 to 05:00 (next day) in G. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 21:00 to 06:00 (next day) in G.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 11 hours behind Golf Time Zone.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 7:00 pm19:00 in G

EDT to G call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in EDT which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in G. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Golf Time Zone (G). Offset UTC +7:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 7:00 pm19:00 G

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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).

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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

Golf Time Zone

Offset: G is 7 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam

Principal Cities: The largest city in the G time zone is Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, with about 14.003 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok, Surabaya.

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

Map of the areas on Golf Time Zone (G)
G all year

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

G representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +07 - basic short
  • +0700 - basic
  • +07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0700 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Golf - Military abbreviation for G
  • G - short form of 'Golf'
Time zones with the GMT +7 offset:
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time
  • DAVT - Davis Time
  • G - Golf Time Zone
  • HOVT - Hovd Time
  • ICT - Indochina Time
  • KRAT - Krasnoyarsk Time
  • NOVST - Novosibirsk Summer Time
  • NOVT - Novosibirsk Time
  • OMSST - Omsk Summer Time
  • WIB - Western Indonesian Time
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