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10:00 am10:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 1, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 TAHT (UTC-10), Nov 1, 2026

EST is 5 hours ahead of TAHT.

EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and TAHT examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and TAHT (UTC-10). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 5 hours ahead of TAHT.

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 TAHT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to TAHT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 6 hours ahead of TAHT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 5 hours ahead of TAHT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in TAHT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in TAHT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in TAHT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in TAHT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours ahead of Tahiti Time.
10:00 am10:00 in EST is 5:00 am05:00 in TAHT

EST to TAHT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in EST which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in TAHT

10:00 am10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Tahiti Time (TAHT). Offset UTC -10:00 hours

10:00 am10:00 EST / 5:00 am05:00 TAHT

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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EST.

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).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and 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

Tahiti Time

Offset: TAHT is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the TAHT time zone is Faaa in French Polynesia, with about 29,851 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Papeete, Punaauia, Pirae, Mahina.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Tahiti Time (TAHT) do not change for daylight saving time, so TAHT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

TAHT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -10 - basic short
  • -1000 - basic
  • -10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1000 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Whiskey - Military abbreviation for TAHT
  • W - short form of 'Whiskey'
Time zones with the GMT -10 offset:
  • HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
  • CKT - Cook Island Time
  • HST - Hawaii Standard Time
  • TAHT - Tahiti Time
  • W - Whiskey Time Zone