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EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

UTC−4

12am

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6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use EST all year (UTC−5)

WGST/WGT

Western Greenland Summer Time

UTC−1

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

WGT is not used on this date.

This converter uses WGST (UTC−1), as in Godthab.

Keep WGT (UTC−2)

Quick answers

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 WGST (UTC-1), Oct 12, 2026

EDT is 3 hours behind WGST.

EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and WGT examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and WGT (UTC-2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 3 hours behind WGT.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to WGT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to WGST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 3 hours behind WGST. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 27, 2027, EDT is 2 hours behind WGT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 3 hours behind WGT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in WGT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in WGT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in WGT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in WGT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 3 hours behind Western Greenland Summer Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 11:00 am11:00 in WGST

EDT to WGST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in EDT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in WGST

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:00 am11:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -1:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 11:00 am11:00 WGST

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Eastern Standard Time

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

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 8.804 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 the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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).

End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

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

See 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

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

West Greenland Time

Offset: WGT is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST).

End: West Greenland Time (WGT) ended on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm23:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Saturday of March.

Start: West Greenland Time (WGT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.