EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MYT
Malaysia Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Nigeria
WAT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare EST time with MYT and Lagos time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Standard Time is 13 hours behind Malaysia Time and 6 hours behind WAT (West Africa Time)
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 8:00 pm20:00 in MYT and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Lagos, Nigeria

EST to MYT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in EST which corresponds to 7am-8am in MYT (next day)
EST to Lagos call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in Lagos

7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Malaysia Time (MYT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Lagos, Nigeria). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

7:00 am07:00 EST / 8:00 pm20:00 MYT / 1:00 pm13:00 Lagos, Nigeria

ESTMYTLagos, Nigeria
12am (midnight)1pm6am
1am2pm7am
2am3pm8am
3am4pm9am
4am5pm10am
5am6pm11am
6am7pm12pm (noon)
7am8pm1pm
8am9pm2pm
9am10pm3pm
10am11pm4pm
11am12am (midnight)5pm
12pm (noon)1am6pm
1pm2am7pm
2pm3am8pm
3pm4am9pm
4pm5am10pm
5pm6am11pm
6pm7am12am (midnight)
7pm8am1am
8pm9am2am
9pm10am3am
10pm11am4am
11pm12pm (noon)5am
00:0013:0006:00
01:0014:0007:00
02:0015:0008:00
03:0016:0009:00
04:0017:0010:00
05:0018:0011:00
06:0019:0012:00
07:0020:0013:00
08:0021:0014:00
09:0022:0015:00
10:0023:0016:00
11:0000:0017:00
12:0001:0018:00
13:0002:0019:00
14:0003:0020:00
15:0004:0021:00
16:0005:0022:00
17:0006:0023:00
18:0007:0000:00
19:0008:0001:00
20:0009:0002:00
21:0010:0003:00
22:0011:0004:00
23:0012:0005:00

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 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include 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. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

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 an offset of five hours 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

Countries using this time zone: Malaysia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MYT time zone is Kota Bharu in Malaysia, with about 1.46 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Kampung Baru Subang, Johor Bahru.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Malaysia Time (MYT) do not change for daylight saving time, so MYT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

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 an offset of eight hours 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

Lagos Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WAT - West Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hours during West Africa Time, currently in use.

Lagos Facts

Country
Nigeria
Alternative Names
Eko, LOS, Lacupolis, Lagas, Lagos, Lagos shaary, Lagosa, Lagosas, Lagoso, Laguosos, Laqos, Logos, la ge si, lageas, laghws, lagos, lagosa, lagoseu, lagosi, laguseu, lagws, lajws, lakos, legosa, lek xs, ragosu, Èkó, Λάγος, Лагас, Лагос, Лагос шаары, Лаґос, Լագոս, לאגאס, לאגוס, لاجوس, لاغوس, لاگوس, لاگۆس, लागोस, লেগোস, ਲਾਗੋਸ, લાગોસ, லாகோஸ், లాగోస్, ಲಾಗೊಸ್, ലാഗോസ്, เลกอส, လေးဂို့စ်မြို့, ლაგოსი, ሌጎስ, ラゴス, 拉哥斯, 라고스, 라구스
Population
9,000,000
Currency
Naira (NGN)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 27' N Latitude / 3° 23' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+234