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7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 6, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 VET (UTC-4), Nov 6, 2026

EST is 1 hour behind Puerto La Cruz.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT and Puerto La Cruz have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 1 hour behind Puerto La Cruz.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Puerto La Cruz. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in Puerto La Cruz.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in Puerto La Cruz. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in Puerto La Cruz.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour behind VET (Venezuelan Standard Time).
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 8:00 am08:00 in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

EST to Puerto La Cruz call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EST which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Puerto La Cruz

7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 VET (Venezuelan Standard Time) (Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 EST / 8:00 am08:00 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EST.

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).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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
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  • Canada/Eastern
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  • EST5EDT
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  • US/East-Indiana
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  • 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

Puerto La Cruz Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
VET – Venezuelan Standard Time, UTC-4 (no daylight saving time)

Puerto La Cruz Facts

Country
Venezuela
Alternative Names
Puehrto La Kruz, Puehrto-la-Krus, Puerto Cruz, Puerto La Cruz, Puerto La Krus, Puerto de La Cruz, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto la Krusas, bwyrtw la krwz, la ke lu si gang, Пуерто Ла Крус, Пуэрто Ла Круз, Пуэрто-ла-Крус, بويرتو لا كروز, პუერტო-ლა-კრუსი, 拉克魯斯港
Population
370,000
Currency
Bolivar Soberano (VES)
Geographic Coordinates
10° 12' N Latitude / 64° 37' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+58