EST to IST to CET to CDT
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 6 hours behind Central European Summer Time and 1 hour ahead of Central Daylight Time
1:30 pm13:30 in EDT is 11:00 pm23:00 in IST and is 7:30 pm19:30 in CEST and is 12:30 pm12:30 in CDT
EST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-9:30am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in IST
EST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in CET
EST to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-6pm in CDT
1:30 pm13:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:30 pm12:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:30 pm13:30 EDT / 11:00 pm23:00 IST / 7:30 pm19:30 CEST / 12:30 pm12:30 CDT
| EDT | IST | CEST | CDT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9:30 am | 6am | 11pm |
| 1am | 10:30 am | 7am | 12am (midnight) |
| 2am | 11:30 am | 8am | 1am |
| 3am | 12:30 pm | 9am | 2am |
| 4am | 1:30 pm | 10am | 3am |
| 5am | 2:30 pm | 11am | 4am |
| 6am | 3:30 pm | 12pm (noon) | 5am |
| 7am | 4:30 pm | 1pm | 6am |
| 8am | 5:30 pm | 2pm | 7am |
| 9am | 6:30 pm | 3pm | 8am |
| 10am | 7:30 pm | 4pm | 9am |
| 11am | 8:30 pm | 5pm | 10am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9:30 pm | 6pm | 11am |
| 1pm | 10:30 pm | 7pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 2pm | 11:30 pm | 8pm | 1pm |
| 3pm | 12:30 am | 9pm | 2pm |
| 4pm | 1:30 am | 10pm | 3pm |
| 5pm | 2:30 am | 11pm | 4pm |
| 6pm | 3:30 am | 12am (midnight) | 5pm |
| 7pm | 4:30 am | 1am | 6pm |
| 8pm | 5:30 am | 2am | 7pm |
| 9pm | 6:30 am | 3am | 8pm |
| 10pm | 7:30 am | 4am | 9pm |
| 11pm | 8:30 am | 5am | 10pm |
| 0:00 | 9:30 | 6:00 | 23:00 |
| 1:00 | 10:30 | 7:00 | 0:00 |
| 2:00 | 11:30 | 8:00 | 1:00 |
| 3:00 | 12:30 | 9:00 | 2:00 |
| 4:00 | 13:30 | 10:00 | 3:00 |
| 5:00 | 14:30 | 11:00 | 4:00 |
| 6:00 | 15:30 | 12:00 | 5:00 |
| 7:00 | 16:30 | 13:00 | 6:00 |
| 8:00 | 17:30 | 14:00 | 7:00 |
| 9:00 | 18:30 | 15:00 | 8:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:30 | 16:00 | 9:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:30 | 17:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:30 | 18:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:30 | 19:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:30 | 20:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 0:30 | 21:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 1:30 | 22:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 2:30 | 23:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 4:30 | 1:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 5:30 | 2:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 6:30 | 3:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 7:30 | 4:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 8:30 | 5:00 | 22:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are 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, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
End: Central European Time (CET) has ended on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of March.
Start: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
CDT 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 five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- 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