EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
India
IST

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST (India Standard Time)
8:30 pm20:30 in EDT is 12:30 am00:30 in UTC and is 6:00 am06:00 in Bengaluru, India

EST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-1pm in EST which corresponds to 1pm-6pm in UTC
EST to Bengaluru call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-9:30am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-8pm in Bengaluru

8:30 pm20:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 IST (India Standard Time) (Bengaluru, India). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

8:30 pm20:30 EDT / 12:30 am00:30 UTC / 6:00 am06:00 Bengaluru, India

EDT UTC Bengaluru, India
12am (midnight) 4am 9:30 am
1am 5am 10:30 am
2am 6am 11:30 am
3am 7am 12:30 pm
4am 8am 1:30 pm
5am 9am 2:30 pm
6am 10am 3:30 pm
7am 11am 4:30 pm
8am 12pm (noon) 5:30 pm
9am 1pm 6:30 pm
10am 2pm 7:30 pm
11am 3pm 8:30 pm
12pm (noon) 4pm 9:30 pm
1pm 5pm 10:30 pm
2pm 6pm 11:30 pm
3pm 7pm 12:30 am
4pm 8pm 1:30 am
5pm 9pm 2:30 am
6pm 10pm 3:30 am
7pm 11pm 4:30 am
8pm 12am (midnight) 5:30 am
9pm 1am 6:30 am
10pm 2am 7:30 am
11pm 3am 8:30 am
0:00 4:00 9:30
1:00 5:00 10:30
2:00 6:00 11:30
3:00 7:00 12:30
4:00 8:00 13:30
5:00 9:00 14:30
6:00 10:00 15:30
7:00 11:00 16:30
8:00 12:00 17:30
9:00 13:00 18:30
10:00 14:00 19:30
11:00 15:00 20:30
12:00 16:00 21:30
13:00 17:00 22:30
14:00 18:00 23:30
15:00 19:00 0:30
16:00 20:00 1:30
17:00 21:00 2:30
18:00 22:00 3:30
19:00 23:00 4:30
20:00 0:00 5:30
21:00 1:00 6:30
22:00 2:00 7:30
23:00 3:00 8:30

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

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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • 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

Bengaluru Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - India Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:30 hours during India Standard Time, currently in use.

Bengaluru Facts

Country
India
Alternative Names
BLR, Ban'nkalor, Bangalor, Bangalora, Bangalore, Bangalore - bengaluru, Bangalore - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, Bangalore City, Bangalur, Bangaluri, Bangalúr, Bengalour, Bengaluras, Bengaluro, Bengaluru, Bengalurus, Bengalúru, Bengalūras, Bengalūru, baeng-geollo, bagalaura, ban jia luo er, bang kha l xr, bang-galloleu, bangalaura, bangalora, bangalura, bangaroru, beng-gallulu, bengalora, bengaluru, benguluru, bnghalwr, bnglwr, bynglwr, penkalur, Μπανγκαλόρ, Бангалор, Бенгалуру, Бенґалуру, בנגלור, بنغالور, بنگلور, بینگلور, बंगलौर, बंगळूर, बेङ्गलूरु, बेङ्गलोर, बेङ्गळूरु, বাঙ্গালোর, বেঙ্গালুরু, ਬੰਗਲੌਰ, બેંગલોર, ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରୁ, பெங்களூர், బెంగుళూరు, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ബെംഗളൂരു, බැංගලෝර්, บังคาลอร์, ဘန်ဂလိုမြို့, ბენგალურუ, バンガロール, 班加罗尔, 班加羅爾, 방갈로르, 뱅걸로, 벵갈루루
Population
5,104,047
Currency
Rupee (INR)
Geographic Coordinates
12° 58' N Latitude / 77° 35' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+91