EST to WST Converter
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EST and WST examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and WST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 6 hours behind WST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to WST. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to WST.
How the time difference changes
During 2026, the difference changes: EDT is 5 hours behind WST, EST is 5 hours behind WT, EDT is 4 hours behind WT, and EST is 6 hours behind WST.
During 2026, working-hour overlap changes: working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in WST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in WT, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in WT, and working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in WST.
Compare EST time with WST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 6 hours behind Western Sahara Summer Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 1:00 pm13:00 in WST
EST to WST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in WST
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Western Sahara Summer Time (WST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 EST / 1:00 pm13:00 WST
| EST | WST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6am |
| 1am | 7am |
| 2am | 8am |
| 3am | 9am |
| 4am | 10am |
| 5am | 11am |
| 6am | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 1pm |
| 8am | 2pm |
| 9am | 3pm |
| 10am | 4pm |
| 11am | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 6pm |
| 1pm | 7pm |
| 2pm | 8pm |
| 3pm | 9pm |
| 4pm | 10pm |
| 5pm | 11pm |
| 6pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 1am |
| 8pm | 2am |
| 9pm | 3am |
| 10pm | 4am |
| 11pm | 5am |
| 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 |
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 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
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
Western Sahara Summer Time
Offset: WST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Daylight Saving: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Western Sahara Standard Time (WT).
Start: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of April
End: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) ends on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, February 15, 2026, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the third Sunday of February
WST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for WST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Western Sahara Summer Time - UTC +1
- West Samoa Time - UTC +13
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time