EST to HNP Converter
HNP is not used on this date
This converter keeps HNP at UTC−8. Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC−7) on this date. Open the PDT converter, or choose Los Angeles, Tijuana, or San Diego for city-specific time.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
8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 27, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 HNP (UTC-8), Oct 27, 2026
EDT is 4 hours ahead of HNP.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and HNP examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and HNP (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 3 hours ahead of HNP.
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 HNP. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to HNP.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours ahead of HNP. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 3 hours ahead of HNP.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in HNP.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in HNP.
Compare EST time with HNP time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours ahead of Heure Normale du Pacifique.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 4:00 am04:00 in HNP
EDT to HNP call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in EDT which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in HNP
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 4:00 am04:00 HNP
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 | HNP |
|---|---|
| 8:00pm previous day | |
| 9:00pm previous day | |
| 10:00pm previous day | |
| 11:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | |
| 1:00am | |
| 2:00am | |
| 3:00am | |
| 4:00am | |
| 5:00am | |
| 6:00am | |
| 7:00am | |
| 8:00am | |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 1:00pm | |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | |
| 20:00 previous day | |
| 21:00 previous day | |
| 22:00 previous day | |
| 23:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | |
| 01:00 | |
| 02:00 | |
| 03:00 | |
| 04:00 | |
| 05:00 | |
| 06:00 | |
| 07:00 | |
| 08:00 | |
| 09:00 | |
| 10:00 | |
| 11:00 | |
| 12:00 | |
| 13:00 | |
| 14:00 | |
| 15:00 | |
| 16:00 | |
| 17:00 | |
| 18:00 | |
| 19:00 |
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 Normale du Pacifique
Offset: HNP is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HNP time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) 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: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) 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.
HNP representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for HNP
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone