EST to HAT Converter
Start by searching for a time zone, city, or town.
Add one or more places to compare local times, adjust the date, and share the result.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
10:30 pm22:30 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 31, 2026 = 12:00 am00:00 HAT (UTC-2:30), Nov 1, 2026
EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind HAT.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and HAT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and HAT (UTC-2:30). 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 and 30 minutes behind HAT.
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 HAT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to HAT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind HAT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind HAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:30 am to 8:30 pm in HAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 10:30 to 19:30 in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 11:30 to 20:30 in HAT.
Compare EST time with HAT 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 and 30 minutes behind Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve.
10:30 pm22:30 in EDT is 12:00 am00:00 in HAT
EDT to HAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in EDT which corresponds to 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in HAT
10:30 pm22:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours
10:30 pm22:30 EDT / 12:00 am00:00 HAT
Choose an hour to update the converter. Day labels such as “next day” or “+1” are relative to the selected date in the first column. Use Up and Down arrow keys, Home or End to move between hours, then Enter or Space to select.
| EDT | HAT |
|---|---|
| 1:30am | |
| 2:30am | |
| 3:30am | |
| 4:30am | |
| 5:30am | |
| 6:30am | |
| 7:30am | |
| 8:30am | |
| 9:30am | |
| 10:30am | |
| 11:30am | |
| 12:30pm | |
| 1:30pm | |
| 2:30pm | |
| 3:30pm | |
| 4:30pm | |
| 5:30pm | |
| 6:30pm | |
| 7:30pm | |
| 8:30pm | |
| 9:30pm | |
| 10:30pm | |
| 11:30pm | |
| 12:30am next day | |
| 01:30 | |
| 02:30 | |
| 03:30 | |
| 04:30 | |
| 05:30 | |
| 06:30 | |
| 07:30 | |
| 08:30 | |
| 09:30 | |
| 10:30 | |
| 11:30 | |
| 12:30 | |
| 13:30 | |
| 14:30 | |
| 15:30 | |
| 16:30 | |
| 17:30 | |
| 18:30 | |
| 19:30 | |
| 20:30 | |
| 21:30 | |
| 22:30 | |
| 23:30 | |
| 00:30 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 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.
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
Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve
Offset: HAT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HAT time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.
Today all shaded areas are on HAT.
Daylight Saving: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Newfoundland Standard Time (NST).
Start: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HAT representations, usage and related time zones
- -0230 - basic
- -02:30 - extended
- -0230 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.