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ET
Eastern Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WGST/EGST
Western Greenland Summer Time
GMT -2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EGST is not used on this date
This converter uses WGST (GMT -2), the offset Scoresbysund uses on this date.

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How the time difference changes

For most of the year, ET is 3 hours behind EGT. At other times of the year, ET is 3 hours behind WGST or ET is 2 hours behind WGST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ET correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EGT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ET correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in WGST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ET correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in WGST.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Time is 3 hours behind Western Greenland Summer Time
7:00 am07:00 in ET is 10:00 am10:00 in WGST

ET to WGST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm in ET which corresponds to 12pm-5pm in WGST

7:00 am07:00 Eastern Time (ET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:00 am10:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -2:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 ET / 10:00 am10:00 WGST

ETWGST
12am (midnight)3am
1am4am
2am5am
3am6am
4am7am
5am8am
6am9am
7am10am
8am11am
9am12pm (noon)
10am1pm
11am2pm
12pm (noon)3pm
1pm4pm
2pm5pm
3pm6pm
4pm7pm
5pm8pm
6pm9pm
7pm10pm
8pm11pm
9pm12am (midnight)
10pm1am
11pm2am
00:0003:00
01:0004:00
02:0005:00
03:0006:00
04:0007:00
05:0008:00
06:0009:00
07:0010:00
08:0011:00
09:0012:00
10:0013:00
11:0014:00
12:0015:00
13:0016:00
14:0017:00
15:0018:00
16:0019:00
17:0020:00
18:0021:00
19:0022:00
20:0023:00
21:0000:00
22:0001:00
23:0002:00

Eastern Time

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

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

ET 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 ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
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

Eastern Greenland Summer Time

Offset: EGST is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Daylight Saving: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe East Greenland Time (EGT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 12am to 1amEnd: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 12:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 11pm to 10pmStart: Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST) starts on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Saturday of March

EGST 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 EGST
  • Z - short form of '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