EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
United Kingdom
BST
Pakistan
PKT

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 5 hours behind BST (British Summer Time) and 9 hours behind PKT (Pakistan Standard Time)
4:00 pm16:00 in EDT is 9:00 pm21:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 1:00 am01:00 in Karachi, Pakistan

EST to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in London
EST to Karachi call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in Karachi

4:00 pm16:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 BST (British Summer Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 am01:00 PKT (Pakistan Standard Time) (Karachi, Pakistan). Offset UTC +5:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 EDT / 9:00 pm21:00 London, United Kingdom / 1:00 am01:00 Karachi, Pakistan

EDT London, United Kingdom Karachi, Pakistan
12am (midnight) 5am 9am
1am 6am 10am
2am 7am 11am
3am 8am 12pm (noon)
4am 9am 1pm
5am 10am 2pm
6am 11am 3pm
7am 12pm (noon) 4pm
8am 1pm 5pm
9am 2pm 6pm
10am 3pm 7pm
11am 4pm 8pm
12pm (noon) 5pm 9pm
1pm 6pm 10pm
2pm 7pm 11pm
3pm 8pm 12am (midnight)
4pm 9pm 1am
5pm 10pm 2am
6pm 11pm 3am
7pm 12am (midnight) 4am
8pm 1am 5am
9pm 2am 6am
10pm 3am 7am
11pm 4am 8am
0:00 5:00 9:00
1:00 6:00 10:00
2:00 7:00 11:00
3:00 8:00 12:00
4:00 9:00 13:00
5:00 10:00 14:00
6:00 11:00 15:00
7:00 12:00 16:00
8:00 13:00 17:00
9:00 14:00 18:00
10:00 15:00 19:00
11:00 16:00 20:00
12:00 17:00 21:00
13:00 18:00 22:00
14:00 19:00 23:00
15:00 20:00 0:00
16:00 21:00 1:00
17:00 22:00 2:00
18:00 23:00 3:00
19:00 0:00 4:00
20:00 1:00 5:00
21:00 2:00 6:00
22:00 3:00 7:00
23:00 4:00 8:00

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

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, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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

London Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
BST - British Summer Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hour during British Summer Time, currently in use.

London Facts

Country
United Kingdom
Alternative Names
ILondon, LON, Lakana, Landan, Landen, Ljondan, Llundain, Lodoni, Londain, Londan, Londar, Londe, Londen, Londin, Londinium, Londino, Londn, London, London osh, Londona, Londonas, Londoni, Londono, Londons, Londonu, Londra, Londres, Londrez, Londri, Londro, Londye, Londyn, Londýn, Lonn, Lontoo, Loundres, Luan GJon, Lun-tun, Lunden, Lundra, Lundun, Lundunir, Lundúnir, Lung-dung, Lunnainn, Lunnin, Lunnon, Luân Đôn, Lùn-tûn, Lùng-dŭng, Lûn-tun, Lākana, Lůndůn, Lọndọnu, Ranana, Rānana, ilantan, ladana, landan, landana, leondeon, lndn, london, londoni, lun dui, lun dun, lwndwn, lxndxn, rondon, Łondra, Λονδίνο, Лондан, Лондон, Лондон ош, Лондонъ, Лёндан, Լոնդոն, לאנדאן, לונדון, لأندأن, لندن, لوندون, لەندەن, ܠܘܢܕܘܢ, लंडन, लंदन, लण्डन, लन्डन्, लन्दन, লন্ডন, ਲੰਡਨ, લંડન, ଲଣ୍ଡନ, இலண்டன், లండన్, ಲಂಡನ್, ലണ്ടൻ, ලන්ඩන්, ลอนดอน, ລອນດອນ, ལོན་ཊོན།, လန်ဒန်မြို့, ლონდონი, ለንደን, ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ, ロンドン, 伦敦, 倫敦, 런던
Population
7,556,900
Currency
Pound (GBP)
Geographic Coordinates
51° 30' N Latitude / 0° 07' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+44

Karachi Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:00 hours during Pakistan Standard Time, currently in use.

Karachi Facts

Country
Pakistan
Alternative Names
Carachi, KHI, Karaaji, Karaces, Karachi, Karachi - krachy, Karachi - كراچى, Karachy, Karaci, Karacio, Karacis, Karacsi, Karaczi, Karanchi, Karatschi, Karatsi, Karatsji, Karatxi, Karaçi, Karaĉio, Karači, Karačis, Karačės, Karochi, Karáči, Karáčí, Karâchi, Karāchi, Karāči, Keraci, Keraçî, Kurrachee, Kurrachi, Kəraçi, ka la qi, ka ra ci, kalachi, karaaci, karacci, karachi, karachy, karaci, karatshy, ke la chi, krachy, kratshy, pechs, qrʼzy, Καράτσι, Карачи, Карачы, Карачі, Կարաչի, קאראטשי, קראצי, كاراتشى, كاراچى, كراتشي, کراچی, کراچۍ, کَرٲچی, کەراچی, ڪراچي, ކަރާޗީ, कराची, করাচী, কৰাচী, ਕਰਾਚੀ, કરાચી, କରାଚୀ, கராச்சி, కరాచీ, ಕರಾಚಿ, കറാച്ചി, การาจี, ཀ་ར་ཆི, ကရာချိမြို့, კარაჩი, ከራቺ, カラチ, カラーチー, 卡拉奇, 喀拉蚩, 카라치
Population
11,624,219
Currency
Rupee (PKR)
Geographic Coordinates
24° 51' N Latitude / 67° 00' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+92