EST to UTC to Beirut to Riyadh to Amman to Cairo Time Converter
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EST to UTC
For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind UTC. During seasonal clock changes, EST is 5 hours behind UTC.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in UTC. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in UTC.
EST to Beirut
For most of the year, EDT is 7 hours behind Beirut. During seasonal clock changes, EST is 7 hours behind Beirut or EDT is 6 hours behind Beirut.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Beirut. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Beirut or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Beirut.
EST to Riyadh
For most of the year, EDT is 7 hours behind Riyadh. During seasonal clock changes, EST is 8 hours behind Riyadh.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Riyadh. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in Riyadh.
EST to Amman
For most of the year, EDT is 7 hours behind Amman. During seasonal clock changes, EST is 8 hours behind Amman.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Amman. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in Amman.
EST to Cairo
Depending on seasonal clock changes, EDT is 6 hours behind Cairo, EDT is 7 hours behind Cairo, or EST is 7 hours behind Cairo.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Cairo, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Cairo, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Cairo.
Compare EST time with UTC, Beirut, Riyadh, Amman, and Cairo 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 7 hours behind EET (Eastern European Time) and 8 hours behind AST (Arabia Standard Time) and 8 hours behind EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) and 7 hours behind EET (Eastern European Time)
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 2:00 pm14:00 in Beirut, Lebanon and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Amman, Jordan and is 2:00 pm14:00 in Cairo, Egypt
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 Beirut call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in EST which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in Beirut
EST to Riyadh call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in EST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in Riyadh
EST to Amman call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in EST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in Amman
EST to Cairo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in EST which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in Cairo
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
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Beirut, Lebanon). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Amman, Jordan). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Cairo, Egypt). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 2:00 pm14:00 Beirut, Lebanon / 3:00 pm15:00 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / 3:00 pm15:00 Amman, Jordan / 2:00 pm14:00 Cairo, Egypt
| EST | UTC | Beirut, Lebanon | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Amman, Jordan | Cairo, Egypt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am | 7am | 8am | 8am | 7am |
| 1am | 6am | 8am | 9am | 9am | 8am |
| 2am | 7am | 9am | 10am | 10am | 9am |
| 3am | 8am | 10am | 11am | 11am | 10am |
| 4am | 9am | 11am | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) | 11am |
| 5am | 10am | 12pm (noon) | 1pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 6am | 11am | 1pm | 2pm | 2pm | 1pm |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) | 2pm | 3pm | 3pm | 2pm |
| 8am | 1pm | 3pm | 4pm | 4pm | 3pm |
| 9am | 2pm | 4pm | 5pm | 5pm | 4pm |
| 10am | 3pm | 5pm | 6pm | 6pm | 5pm |
| 11am | 4pm | 6pm | 7pm | 7pm | 6pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 7pm | 8pm | 8pm | 7pm |
| 1pm | 6pm | 8pm | 9pm | 9pm | 8pm |
| 2pm | 7pm | 9pm | 10pm | 10pm | 9pm |
| 3pm | 8pm | 10pm | 11pm | 11pm | 10pm |
| 4pm | 9pm | 11pm | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) | 11pm |
| 5pm | 10pm | 12am (midnight) | 1am | 1am | 12am (midnight) |
| 6pm | 11pm | 1am | 2am | 2am | 1am |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 2am | 3am | 3am | 2am |
| 8pm | 1am | 3am | 4am | 4am | 3am |
| 9pm | 2am | 4am | 5am | 5am | 4am |
| 10pm | 3am | 5am | 6am | 6am | 5am |
| 11pm | 4am | 6am | 7am | 7am | 6am |
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 |
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
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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- 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
Beirut Information
Time Zone
EET - Eastern European Standard Time
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Beirut Facts
Riyadh Information
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Amman Information
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Cairo Information
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EET - Eastern European Standard Time
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Standard Time.
Friday, April 24, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Friday of April. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Friday, April 24, 2026 at 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Friday, October 30, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Friday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.