EST to SCT Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 4:00 pm16:00 SCT (UTC+4), Oct 12, 2026
EDT is 8 hours behind SCT.
EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and SCT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and SCT (UTC+4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 9 hours behind SCT.
EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to SCT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to SCT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 8 hours behind SCT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 9 hours behind SCT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in SCT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in SCT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in SCT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in SCT.
Compare EST time with SCT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Seychelles Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 4:00 pm16:00 in SCT
EDT to SCT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in EDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in SCT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Seychelles Time (SCT). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 4:00 pm16:00 SCT
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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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.
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
Seychelles Time
Offset: SCT is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Seychelles
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SCT time zone is Victoria in Seychelles, with about 22,881 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cascade, Perseverance, Baie Sainte Anne, Baie Lazare.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Seychelles Time (SCT) do not change for daylight saving time, so SCT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
SCT representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for SCT
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
- MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
- SAMT - Samara Time
- AMT - Armenia Time
- AZT - Azerbaijan Time
- D - Delta Time Zone
- GET - Georgia Standard Time
- GST - Gulf Standard Time
- MUT - Mauritius Time
- RET - Reunion Time
- SCT - Seychelles Time