EST to HAT Converter
HAT is not used on this date
This converter keeps HAT at GMT -2:30. St Johns uses NST (GMT -3:30) on this date. Open the NST converter, or choose St Johns, Conception Bay South, or Mount Pearl for city-specific time.Quick answers
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EST 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 uses UTC-5 during standard time. 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. At other times of the year, EST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind HAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 11:30 am to 7:30 pm 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 Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 9:30 am09:30 in HAT
EST to HAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2:30pm in EST which corresponds to 11:30am-5pm in HAT
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 9:30 am09:30 HAT
| EST | HAT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2:30 am |
| 1am | 3:30 am |
| 2am | 4:30 am |
| 3am | 5:30 am |
| 4am | 6:30 am |
| 5am | 7:30 am |
| 6am | 8:30 am |
| 7am | 9:30 am |
| 8am | 10:30 am |
| 9am | 11:30 am |
| 10am | 12:30 pm |
| 11am | 1:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 2:30 pm |
| 1pm | 3:30 pm |
| 2pm | 4:30 pm |
| 3pm | 5:30 pm |
| 4pm | 6:30 pm |
| 5pm | 7:30 pm |
| 6pm | 8:30 pm |
| 7pm | 9:30 pm |
| 8pm | 10:30 pm |
| 9pm | 11:30 pm |
| 10pm | 12:30 am |
| 11pm | 1:30 am |
| 00:00 | 02:30 |
| 01:00 | 03:30 |
| 02:00 | 04:30 |
| 03:00 | 05:30 |
| 04:00 | 06:30 |
| 05:00 | 07:30 |
| 06:00 | 08:30 |
| 07:00 | 09:30 |
| 08:00 | 10:30 |
| 09:00 | 11:30 |
| 10:00 | 12:30 |
| 11:00 | 13:30 |
| 12:00 | 14:30 |
| 13:00 | 15:30 |
| 14:00 | 16:30 |
| 15:00 | 17:30 |
| 16:00 | 18:30 |
| 17:00 | 19:30 |
| 18:00 | 20:30 |
| 19:00 | 21:30 |
| 20:00 | 22:30 |
| 21:00 | 23:30 |
| 22:00 | 00:30 |
| 23:00 | 01:30 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, 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, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
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 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
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) and is used in America
Countries using this time zone: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HAT time zone is St Johns in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Conception Bay South, Mount Pearl, Corner Brook.
Daylight Saving: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Newfoundland Standard Time (NST).
End: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
Start: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
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.