EST to IST Europe Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 IST (UTC+1), Oct 12, 2026
EDT is 5 hours behind IST.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and IST examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and IST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 6 hours behind IST.
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 IST-EUROPE. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to IST-EUROPE.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 5 hours behind IST Europe. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, EDT is 4 hours behind GMT Europe. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 5 hours behind GMT Europe.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in IST Europe. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in GMT Europe or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in GMT Europe.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in IST Europe. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in GMT Europe or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in GMT Europe.
Compare EST time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Irish Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in IST
EDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT which corresponds to 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in IST
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Irish Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 1:00 pm13:00 IST
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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, 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.
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
Irish Standard Time
Offset: IST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Ireland
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Dublin in Ireland, with about 1.024 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford.
Today all shaded areas are on IST.
Daylight Saving: Irish Standard Time (IST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: Irish Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Irish Standard Time (IST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
IST 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 an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for IST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Eire
- Europe/Dublin
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- 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