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EST to NFT Converter

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EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GMT+12/NFT
Norfolk Island Daylight Time
GMT +12
tomorrow
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NFT is not used on this date
This converter uses GMT+12 (GMT +12), the offset Norfolk uses on this date.

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EST and NFT examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and NFT (UTC+11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 16 hours behind NFT.

EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to NFT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to NFT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, EDT is 15 hours behind NFT, EDT is 16 hours behind GMT+12, or EST is 17 hours behind GMT+12.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 12:00 am (next day) to 8:00 am (next day) in NFT, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 am (next day) to 9:00 am (next day) in GMT+12, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 am (next day) to 10:00 am (next day) in GMT+12.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Standard Time is 17 hours behind Norfolk Island Daylight Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 12:00 am00:00 in GMT+12

EST to GMT+12 call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-10am in GMT+12 (next day)

7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 Norfolk Island Daylight Time (GMT+12). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 EST / 12:00 am00:00 GMT+12

ESTGMT+12
12am (midnight)5pm
1am6pm
2am7pm
3am8pm
4am9pm
5am10pm
6am11pm
7am12am (midnight)
8am1am
9am2am
10am3am
11am4am
12pm (noon)5am
1pm6am
2pm7am
3pm8am
4pm9am
5pm10am
6pm11am
7pm12pm (noon)
8pm1pm
9pm2pm
10pm3pm
11pm4pm
00:0017:00
01:0018:00
02:0019:00
03:0020:00
04:0021:00
05:0022:00
06:0023:00
07:0000:00
08:0001:00
09:0002:00
10:0003:00
11:0004:00
12:0005:00
13:0006:00
14:0007:00
15:0008:00
16:0009:00
17:0010:00
18:0011:00
19:0012:00
20:0013:00
21:0014:00
22:0015:00
23:0016:00

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

Norfolk Time

Offset: NFT is 11 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

NFT Time Zone Geo Map
NFT 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 Norfolk Island Daylight Time (GMT+12).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Norfolk Time (NFT) ended on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Norfolk Time (NFT) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

NFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for NFT
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
  • BST - Bougainville Standard Time
  • KOST - Kosrae Time
  • L - Lima Time Zone
  • LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
  • MAGT - Magadan Time
  • NCT - New Caledonia Time
  • NFT - Norfolk Time
  • PETT - Kamchatka Time
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon IslandsTime
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time
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