EST to HDT Converter
HDT is not used on this date
This converter keeps HDT at GMT -9. Honolulu uses HST (GMT -10) on this date. Open the HST converter, or choose Honolulu, Pearl City, or Hilo for city-specific time.Quick answers
For most of the year, EDT is 5 hours ahead of HDT. During seasonal clock changes, EST is 4 hours ahead of HDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in HDT. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in HDT.
Compare EST time with HDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Hawaii Daylight Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 3:00 am03:00 in HDT
EST to HDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-1pm in HDT
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Hawaii Daylight Time (HDT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 3:00 am03:00 HDT
| EST | HDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 8pm |
| 1am | 9pm |
| 2am | 10pm |
| 3am | 11pm |
| 4am | 12am (midnight) |
| 5am | 1am |
| 6am | 2am |
| 7am | 3am |
| 8am | 4am |
| 9am | 5am |
| 10am | 6am |
| 11am | 7am |
| 12pm (noon) | 8am |
| 1pm | 9am |
| 2pm | 10am |
| 3pm | 11am |
| 4pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 5pm | 1pm |
| 6pm | 2pm |
| 7pm | 3pm |
| 8pm | 4pm |
| 9pm | 5pm |
| 10pm | 6pm |
| 11pm | 7pm |
| 00:00 | 20:00 |
| 01:00 | 21:00 |
| 02:00 | 22:00 |
| 03:00 | 23:00 |
| 04:00 | 00:00 |
| 05:00 | 01:00 |
| 06:00 | 02:00 |
| 07:00 | 03:00 |
| 08:00 | 04:00 |
| 09:00 | 05:00 |
| 10:00 | 06:00 |
| 11:00 | 07:00 |
| 12:00 | 08:00 |
| 13:00 | 09:00 |
| 14:00 | 10:00 |
| 15:00 | 11:00 |
| 16:00 | 12:00 |
| 17:00 | 13:00 |
| 18:00 | 14:00 |
| 19:00 | 15:00 |
| 20:00 | 16:00 |
| 21:00 | 17:00 |
| 22:00 | 18:00 |
| 23:00 | 19:00 |
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 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
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
Hawaii Daylight Time
Offset: HDT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: United States
HDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for HDT
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Adak
- America/Atka
- US/Aleutian
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone