EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
MYT
Malaysia Time
GMT +8
Malaysia
+08

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 12 hours behind Malaysia Time and 12 hours behind
12:00 am00:00 in EDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in MYT and is 12:00 pm12:00 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

EST to MYT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in MYT
EST to Kuala Lumpur call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in Kuala Lumpur

12:00 am00:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Malaysia Time (MYT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

12:00 am00:00 EDT / 12:00 pm12:00 MYT / 12:00 pm12:00 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

EDT MYT Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12am (midnight) 12pm (noon) 12pm (noon)
1am 1pm 1pm
2am 2pm 2pm
3am 3pm 3pm
4am 4pm 4pm
5am 5pm 5pm
6am 6pm 6pm
7am 7pm 7pm
8am 8pm 8pm
9am 9pm 9pm
10am 10pm 10pm
11am 11pm 11pm
12pm (noon) 12am (midnight) 12am (midnight)
1pm 1am 1am
2pm 2am 2am
3pm 3am 3am
4pm 4am 4am
5pm 5am 5am
6pm 6am 6am
7pm 7am 7am
8pm 8am 8am
9pm 9am 9am
10pm 10am 10am
11pm 11am 11am
0:00 12:00 12:00
1:00 13:00 13:00
2:00 14:00 14:00
3:00 15:00 15:00
4:00 16:00 16:00
5:00 17:00 17:00
6:00 18:00 18:00
7:00 19:00 19:00
8:00 20:00 20:00
9:00 21:00 21:00
10:00 22:00 22:00
11:00 23:00 23:00
12:00 0:00 0:00
13:00 1:00 1:00
14:00 2:00 2:00
15:00 3:00 3:00
16:00 4:00 4:00
17:00 5:00 5:00
18:00 6:00 6:00
19:00 7:00 7:00
20:00 8:00 8:00
21:00 9:00 9:00
22:00 10:00 10:00
23:00 11:00 11:00

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

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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

Malaysia Time

Offset: MYT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

MYT Time Zone Geo Map
MYT timezone map

MYT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for MYT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

Kuala Lumpur Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
+08 -
MYT - Malaysia Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during , currently in use.
+8:00 hours during Malaysia Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Kuala Lumpur Facts

Country
Malaysia
Alternative Names
Gizlungzpoh, KUL, Kouala Loumpou, Kouala Loumpour, Kuala Lumpor, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala-Lumpur, Kuala-Lumpuro, Kualae-Lumpur, Kualalumpura, Kualalumpūra, Kvala Lumpuras, Kvala Lumpūras, Kúala Lúmpúr, ji long po, kaulalampur, kawlalampexr, kolalampur, ku'a lalampura, ku'ala lupura, ku'alalampura, ku'alalumpura, kuallalumpuleu, kuararunpuru, kuyalalamapura, kvalalampura, kwala lambwr, kwala lmpwr, kwalalampwr, kwalalmbwr, kwalalmpwr, kwalalwmpwr, kۇyalalۇmpۇr, Κουάλα Λουμπούρ, Куалæ-Лумпур, Куала Лумпур, Куала-Лумпур, Կուալա Լումպուր, קואלה לומפור, كوالا لامبور, كوالالمبور, كۇئالالۇمپۇر, کوالا لمپور, کوالالامپور, کوالالمپور, کوالالومپور, कुआ लालम्पुर, कुआलालम्पुर, क्वालालंपूर, কুয়ালালামপুর, ਕੁਆਲਾ ਲੁੰਪੁਰ, କୁଆଲାଲୁମ୍ପୁର, கோலாலம்பூர், ಕೌಲಾಲಂಪುರ್, കോലാലമ്പൂർ, กัวลาลัมเปอร์, ཁལ་ལུང་ཕུ།, ကွာလာလမ်ပူမြို့, კუალა-ლუმპური, ኩዋላ ሉምፑር, クアラルンプール, 吉隆坡, 쿠알라룸푸르
Population
1,453,975
Currency
Ringgit (MYR)
Geographic Coordinates
3° 08' N Latitude / 101° 41' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+60