EST to Rome Time Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 3, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026
EDT is 6 hours behind Rome.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 6 hours behind Rome. At other times of the year, EST is 6 hours behind Rome or EDT is 5 hours behind Rome.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Rome. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Rome or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in Rome.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in Rome. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in Rome or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in Rome.
Compare EST time with Rome time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 6 hours behind CEST (Central European Summer Time).
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in Rome, Italy
EDT to Rome call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in EDT which corresponds to 3pm-5pm15:00-17:00 in Rome
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) (Rome, Italy). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 2:00 pm14:00 Rome, Italy
| EDT | Rome, Italy |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 6:00am |
| 1:00am | 7:00am |
| 2:00am | 8:00am |
| 3:00am | 9:00am |
| 4:00am | 10:00am |
| 5:00am | 11:00am |
| 6:00am | 12:00pm |
| 7:00am | 1:00pm |
| 8:00am | 2:00pm |
| 9:00am | 3:00pm |
| 10:00am | 4:00pm |
| 11:00am | 5:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 12:00am |
| 7:00pm | 1:00am |
| 8:00pm | 2:00am |
| 9:00pm | 3:00am |
| 10:00pm | 4:00am |
| 11:00pm | 5:00am |
| 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 |
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 8.804 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).
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
Rome Information
Time Zone
CET - Central European Standard Time
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 03:00 local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00 local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00 local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.