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EST to UTC Converter

EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
Mon, Apr 8
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9pm
EST is not used on this date
This converter uses EDT (GMT -4), the offset New York uses on this date. Open the EDT converter.
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
Mon, Apr 8
12am
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9pm

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3:30 pm EDT (UTC-4), Apr 8, 2024 = 7:30 pm UTC (UTC+0), Apr 8, 2024

EDT is 4 hours behind UTC.

EST and UTC examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 5 hours behind UTC.

EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to UTC. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to UTC.

Popular EST to UTC conversions

Popular EST to UTC time conversions
ESTEST 24-hourUTCUTC 24-hour
9:00 am09:002:00 pm14:00

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 4 hours behind UTC. At other times of the year, 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. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in UTC.

Compare EST time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated
3:30 pm15:30 in EDT is 7:30 pm19:30 in UTC

EDT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm in EDT which corresponds to 1pm-5pm in UTC

3:30 pm15:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

3:30 pm15:30 EDT / 7:30 pm19:30 UTC

EDTUTC
12am (midnight)4am
1am5am
2am6am
3am7am
4am8am
5am9am
6am10am
7am11am
8am12pm (noon)
9am1pm
10am2pm
11am3pm
12pm (noon)4pm
1pm5pm
2pm6pm
3pm7pm
4pm8pm
5pm9pm
6pm10pm
7pm11pm
8pm12am (midnight)
9pm1am
10pm2am
11pm3am
00:0004:00
01:0005:00
02:0006:00
03:0007:00
04:0008:00
05:0009:00
06:0010:00
07:0011:00
08:0012:00
09:0013:00
10:0014:00
11:0015:00
12:0016:00
13:0017:00
14:0018:00
15:0019:00
16:0020:00
17:0021:00
18:0022:00
19:0023:00
20:0000:00
21:0001:00
22:0002:00
23:0003:00

Eastern Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is Kingston in Jamaica, with about 937,700 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cancun, New Kingston, Panama, San Miguelito.

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. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the 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 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the 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 an offset of five hours 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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
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
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT