EST to Amsterdam, Netherlands to UTC
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 6 hours behind CET (Central European Time) and 5 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated
3:00 pm15:00 in EST is 9:00 pm21:00 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and is 8:00 pm20:00 in UTC
EST to Amsterdam call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in Amsterdam
EST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-1pm in EST which corresponds to 1pm-6pm in UTC
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 CET (Central European Time) (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 pm20:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EST / 9:00 pm21:00 Amsterdam, Netherlands / 8:00 pm20:00 UTC
| EST | Amsterdam, Netherlands | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6am | 5am |
| 1am | 7am | 6am |
| 2am | 8am | 7am |
| 3am | 9am | 8am |
| 4am | 10am | 9am |
| 5am | 11am | 10am |
| 6am | 12pm (noon) | 11am |
| 7am | 1pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 8am | 2pm | 1pm |
| 9am | 3pm | 2pm |
| 10am | 4pm | 3pm |
| 11am | 5pm | 4pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 6pm | 5pm |
| 1pm | 7pm | 6pm |
| 2pm | 8pm | 7pm |
| 3pm | 9pm | 8pm |
| 4pm | 10pm | 9pm |
| 5pm | 11pm | 10pm |
| 6pm | 12am (midnight) | 11pm |
| 7pm | 1am | 12am (midnight) |
| 8pm | 2am | 1am |
| 9pm | 3am | 2am |
| 10pm | 4am | 3am |
| 11pm | 5am | 4am |
| 0:00 | 6:00 | 5:00 |
| 1:00 | 7:00 | 6:00 |
| 2:00 | 8:00 | 7:00 |
| 3:00 | 9:00 | 8:00 |
| 4:00 | 10:00 | 9:00 |
| 5:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 6:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 7:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 8:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 9:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 |
| 18:00 | 0:00 | 23:00 |
| 19:00 | 1:00 | 0:00 |
| 20:00 | 2:00 | 1:00 |
| 21:00 | 3:00 | 2:00 |
| 22:00 | 4:00 | 3:00 |
| 23:00 | 5:00 | 4:00 |
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 timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: 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 the on first Sunday of November.
End: 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 starts annually the on second Sunday of March.
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
Amsterdam Information
Time Zone
CEST - Central European Summer Time
+2:00 hours during Central European Summer Time.
Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.
Amsterdam Facts
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone