FJT to EST Converter
Quick answers
FJT is 17 hours ahead of EST. FJT uses GMT +12, and EST uses GMT -5 for this comparison.
For example, 12:00 am FJT is 7:00 am EST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-10am FJT, which is 4pm-5pm EST (previous day).
EST is a fixed UTC-5 standard-time offset. For current Eastern Time, compare FJT to EDT or FJT to ET.
Compare FJT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Fiji Time is 17 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
12:00 am00:00 in FJT is 7:00 am07:00 in EST
FJT to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in FJT which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in EST (previous day)
12:00 am00:00 Fiji Time (FJT). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 FJT / 7:00 am07:00 EST
| FJT | EST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 7am |
| 1am | 8am |
| 2am | 9am |
| 3am | 10am |
| 4am | 11am |
| 5am | 12pm (noon) |
| 6am | 1pm |
| 7am | 2pm |
| 8am | 3pm |
| 9am | 4pm |
| 10am | 5pm |
| 11am | 6pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 7pm |
| 1pm | 8pm |
| 2pm | 9pm |
| 3pm | 10pm |
| 4pm | 11pm |
| 5pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 6pm | 1am |
| 7pm | 2am |
| 8pm | 3am |
| 9pm | 4am |
| 10pm | 5am |
| 11pm | 6am |
| 00:00 | 07:00 |
| 01:00 | 08:00 |
| 02:00 | 09:00 |
| 03:00 | 10:00 |
| 04:00 | 11:00 |
| 05:00 | 12:00 |
| 06:00 | 13:00 |
| 07:00 | 14:00 |
| 08:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 10:00 | 17:00 |
| 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 19:00 |
| 13:00 | 20:00 |
| 14:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 22:00 |
| 16:00 | 23:00 |
| 17:00 | 00:00 |
| 18:00 | 01:00 |
| 19:00 | 02:00 |
| 20:00 | 03:00 |
| 21:00 | 04:00 |
| 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 23:00 | 06:00 |
Fiji Time
Offset: FJT is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: Fiji
Principal Cities: The largest city in the FJT time zone is Suva in Fiji, with about 77,366 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lautoka, Nadi, Lambasa.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Fiji Time (FJT) do not change for daylight saving time, so FJT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

FJT representations, usage and related time zones
- +12 - basic short
- +1200 - basic
- +12:00 - extended
- +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Mike - Military abbreviation for FJT
- M - short form of 'Mike'
- ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
- ANAT - Anadyr Time
- FJT - Fiji Time
- GILT - Gilbert Island Time
- M - Mike Time Zone
- MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
- MHT - Marshall Islands Time
- NRT - Nauru Time
- NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
- PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
- TVT - Tuvalu Time
- WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time
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 8.175 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

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
