EST to UTC to PST
Compare EST time with UTC and PST 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 Universal Time Coordinated and 3 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 4:00 am04:00 in PST
EST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in UTC
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
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 4:00 am04:00 PST
| EST | UTC | PST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am | 9pm |
| 1am | 6am | 10pm |
| 2am | 7am | 11pm |
| 3am | 8am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 9am | 1am |
| 5am | 10am | 2am |
| 6am | 11am | 3am |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) | 4am |
| 8am | 1pm | 5am |
| 9am | 2pm | 6am |
| 10am | 3pm | 7am |
| 11am | 4pm | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 9am |
| 1pm | 6pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 7pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 8pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 9pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 10pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 11pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 4pm |
| 8pm | 1am | 5pm |
| 9pm | 2am | 6pm |
| 10pm | 3am | 7pm |
| 11pm | 4am | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 20:00 |
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
Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect 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 the on 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 starts annually the on 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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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 the on first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 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 starts annually the on second Sunday of March.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone