EST to SAST to PDT
PDT is not used on this date
This converter uses PST (GMT -8), the offset Los Angeles uses on this date. Open the PST converter.Compare EST time with SAST and PDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 7 hours behind South Africa Standard Time and 3 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST and is 4:00 am04:00 in PST
EST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in EST which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in SAST
EST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in PST
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 4:00 am04:00 PST
| EST | SAST | PST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 7am | 9pm |
| 1am | 8am | 10pm |
| 2am | 9am | 11pm |
| 3am | 10am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 11am | 1am |
| 5am | 12pm (noon) | 2am |
| 6am | 1pm | 3am |
| 7am | 2pm | 4am |
| 8am | 3pm | 5am |
| 9am | 4pm | 6am |
| 10am | 5pm | 7am |
| 11am | 6pm | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 7pm | 9am |
| 1pm | 8pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 9pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 10pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 11pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 12am (midnight) | 2pm |
| 6pm | 1am | 3pm |
| 7pm | 2am | 4pm |
| 8pm | 3am | 5pm |
| 9pm | 4am | 6pm |
| 10pm | 5am | 7pm |
| 11pm | 6am | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 10:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 11:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 12:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 13:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 14:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 15:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 16:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 17:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 18:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 20:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 21:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 22:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 23:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 06:00 | 20:00 |
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
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).
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 on the 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 ends annually on the 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 an offset of five hours 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
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Cape Town in South Africa, with about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in South Africa Standard Time (SAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ended 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) starts 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone