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EST to NST Converter

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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)
NDT/NST
Newfoundland Daylight Time
GMT -2:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Newfoundland Time is on daylight saving time: NDT (UTC−2:30) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use NST all year (UTC−3:30)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 12, 2026

EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT.

EST and NST examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and NST (UTC-3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NST.

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

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT. At other times of the year, EST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NST. Briefly around clock changes, EDT is 30 minutes behind NST or EST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in NST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 10:30 to 18:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 10:30 to 18:30 in NST.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 9:30 am09:30 in NDT

EDT to NDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in EDT which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm10:30-17:00 in NDT

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 9:30 am09:30 NDT

EDTNDT
12:00am1:30am
1:00am2:30am
2:00am3:30am
3:00am4:30am
4:00am5:30am
5:00am6:30am
6:00am7:30am
7:00am8:30am
8:00am9:30am
9:00am10:30am
10:00am11:30am
11:00am12:30pm
12:00pm1:30pm
1:00pm2:30pm
2:00pm3:30pm
3:00pm4:30pm
4:00pm5:30pm
5:00pm6:30pm
6:00pm7:30pm
7:00pm8:30pm
8:00pm9:30pm
9:00pm10:30pm
10:00pm11:30pm
11:00pm12:30am
00:0001:30
01:0002:30
02:0003:30
03:0004:30
04:0005:30
05:0006:30
06:0007:30
07:0008:30
08:0009:30
09:0010:30
10:0011:30
11:0012:30
12:0013:30
13:0014:30
14:0015:30
15:0016:30
16:0017:30
17:0018:30
18:0019:30
19:0020:30
20:0021:30
21:0022:30
22:0023:30
23:0000:30

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

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 forward for one hourEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St Johns in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Conception Bay South, Mount Pearl, Corner Brook.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

NST Time Zone Geo Map
NST 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 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0330 - basic
  • -03:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/St_Johns
  • Canada/Newfoundland
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