EST to London, United Kingdom to Los Angeles, CA, USA to Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand to Tokyo, Japan to Mumbai, India to Berlin, Germany to Madrid, Spain
Compare EST time with London, Los Angeles, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo, Mumbai, Berlin, and Madrid 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 behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and 3 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time) and 16 hours behind AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) and 18 hours behind NZDT (New Zealand Daylight Time) and 14 hours behind JST (Japan Standard Time) and 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST (India Standard Time) and 6 hours behind CET (Central European Time) and 6 hours behind CET (Central European Time)
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 12:00 pm12:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 4:00 am04:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA and is 11:00 pm23:00 in Sydney, Australia and is 1:00 am01:00 in Auckland, New Zealand and is 9:00 pm21:00 in Tokyo, Japan and is 5:30 pm17:30 in Mumbai, India and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Berlin, Germany and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Madrid, Spain
EST to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in London
EST to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in Los Angeles
EST to Sydney call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in EST which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in Sydney (next day)
EST to Auckland call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in EST which corresponds to 9am-11am in Auckland (next day)
EST to Tokyo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm in EST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am in Tokyo (next day)
EST to Mumbai call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in Mumbai
EST to Berlin call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in Berlin
EST to Madrid call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in Madrid
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 NZDT (New Zealand Daylight Time) (Auckland, New Zealand). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Tokyo, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST (India Standard Time) (Mumbai, India). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Berlin, Germany). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Madrid, Spain). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 EST / 12:00 pm12:00 London, United Kingdom / 4:00 am04:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 11:00 pm23:00 Sydney, Australia / 1:00 am01:00 Auckland, New Zealand / 9:00 pm21:00 Tokyo, Japan / 5:30 pm17:30 Mumbai, India / 1:00 pm13:00 Berlin, Germany / 1:00 pm13:00 Madrid, Spain
| EST | London, United Kingdom | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Sydney, Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan | Mumbai, India | Berlin, Germany | Madrid, Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am | 9pm | 4pm | 6pm | 2pm | 10:30 am | 6am | 6am |
| 1am | 6am | 10pm | 5pm | 7pm | 3pm | 11:30 am | 7am | 7am |
| 2am | 7am | 11pm | 6pm | 8pm | 4pm | 12:30 pm | 8am | 8am |
| 3am | 8am | 12am (midnight) | 7pm | 9pm | 5pm | 1:30 pm | 9am | 9am |
| 4am | 9am | 1am | 8pm | 10pm | 6pm | 2:30 pm | 10am | 10am |
| 5am | 10am | 2am | 9pm | 11pm | 7pm | 3:30 pm | 11am | 11am |
| 6am | 11am | 3am | 10pm | 12am (midnight) | 8pm | 4:30 pm | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) | 4am | 11pm | 1am | 9pm | 5:30 pm | 1pm | 1pm |
| 8am | 1pm | 5am | 12am (midnight) | 2am | 10pm | 6:30 pm | 2pm | 2pm |
| 9am | 2pm | 6am | 1am | 3am | 11pm | 7:30 pm | 3pm | 3pm |
| 10am | 3pm | 7am | 2am | 4am | 12am (midnight) | 8:30 pm | 4pm | 4pm |
| 11am | 4pm | 8am | 3am | 5am | 1am | 9:30 pm | 5pm | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 9am | 4am | 6am | 2am | 10:30 pm | 6pm | 6pm |
| 1pm | 6pm | 10am | 5am | 7am | 3am | 11:30 pm | 7pm | 7pm |
| 2pm | 7pm | 11am | 6am | 8am | 4am | 12:30 am | 8pm | 8pm |
| 3pm | 8pm | 12pm (noon) | 7am | 9am | 5am | 1:30 am | 9pm | 9pm |
| 4pm | 9pm | 1pm | 8am | 10am | 6am | 2:30 am | 10pm | 10pm |
| 5pm | 10pm | 2pm | 9am | 11am | 7am | 3:30 am | 11pm | 11pm |
| 6pm | 11pm | 3pm | 10am | 12pm (noon) | 8am | 4:30 am | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 4pm | 11am | 1pm | 9am | 5:30 am | 1am | 1am |
| 8pm | 1am | 5pm | 12pm (noon) | 2pm | 10am | 6:30 am | 2am | 2am |
| 9pm | 2am | 6pm | 1pm | 3pm | 11am | 7:30 am | 3am | 3am |
| 10pm | 3am | 7pm | 2pm | 4pm | 12pm (noon) | 8:30 am | 4am | 4am |
| 11pm | 4am | 8pm | 3pm | 5pm | 1pm | 9:30 am | 5am | 5am |
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 21:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 14:00 | 10:30 | 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 22:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 15:00 | 11:30 | 07:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 23:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 16:00 | 12:30 | 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 00:00 | 19:00 | 21:00 | 17:00 | 13:30 | 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 01:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | 18:00 | 14:30 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 02:00 | 21:00 | 23:00 | 19:00 | 15:30 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 03:00 | 22:00 | 00:00 | 20:00 | 16:30 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 04:00 | 23:00 | 01:00 | 21:00 | 17:30 | 13:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 05:00 | 00:00 | 02:00 | 22:00 | 18:30 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 06:00 | 01:00 | 03:00 | 23:00 | 19:30 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 07:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 00:00 | 20:30 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 08:00 | 03:00 | 05:00 | 01:00 | 21:30 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 09:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 02:00 | 22:30 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 10:00 | 05:00 | 07:00 | 03:00 | 23:30 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 11:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 04:00 | 00:30 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 12:00 | 07:00 | 09:00 | 05:00 | 01:30 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 13:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 06:00 | 02:30 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 14:00 | 09:00 | 11:00 | 07:00 | 03:30 | 23:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 08:00 | 04:30 | 00:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 16:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 09:00 | 05:30 | 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 10:00 | 06:30 | 02:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 18:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 11:00 | 07:30 | 03:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 19:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 12:00 | 08:30 | 04:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 13:00 | 09:30 | 05:00 | 05:00 |
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
London Information
Time Zone
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
+0:00 hours during Greenwich Mean Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.London Facts
Los Angeles Information
Time Zone
PST - Pacific Standard Time
-8:00 hours during Pacific Standard Time.
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Los Angeles Facts
Sydney Information
Time Zone
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Sydney Facts
Auckland Information
Time Zone
NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
+13:00 hours during New Zealand Daylight Time.
Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of September. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Auckland Facts
Tokyo Information
Time Zone
Tokyo Facts
Mumbai Information
Time Zone
Mumbai Facts
Berlin Information
Time Zone
CET - Central European Standard Time
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Berlin Facts
Madrid Information
Time Zone
CET - Central European Standard Time
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.