HKT to EDT Converter

Time Difference

Hong Kong Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
So 7:00 pm19:00 in HKT is 6:00 am06:00 in EST

7:00 pm19:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

7:00 pm19:00 HKT / 6:00 am06:00 EST

Hong Kong Time

Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Hong Kong

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT timezone is Hong Kong from Hong Kong with population about 7.013 million people. Other major cities in the area are Kowloon, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Sha Tin

Daylight Saving: Hong Kong Time (HKT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore HKT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Hong Kong Time remains the same

HKT representations, usage and related time zones

• +08 - basic short
• +0800 - basic
• +08:00 - extended

• +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
• H - short form of 'Hotel'

• Asia/Hong_Kong
• Hongkong

Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:

• ACT - ASEAN Common Time
• AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
• BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
• CAST - Casey Time
• CHOT - Choibalsan Time
• CST - China Standard Time
• H - Hotel Time Zone
• HKT - Hong Kong Time
• HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
• IRKT - Irkutsk Time
• KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
• MYT - Malaysia Time
• PHT - Philippine Time
• SGT - Singapore Time
• ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
• WITA - Central Indonesian Time
• GMT - GMT+08:00
• +08 -

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

End: EDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: EDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -04 - basic short
• -0400 - basic
• -04:00 - extended

• -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
• Q - short form of 'Quebec'

• 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/Kentucky/Louisville
• America/Kentucky/Monticello
• America/Louisville
• America/Montreal
• America/Nassau
• America/New_York
• America/Nipigon
• America/Pangnirtung
• America/Port-au-Prince
• America/Thunder_Bay
• America/Toronto
• Canada/Eastern
• EST5EDT
• US/East-Indiana
• US/Eastern
• US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:

• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
• AMT - Amazon Time
• BOT - Bolivia Time
• CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
• CLT - Chile Standard Time
• FKT - Falkland Island Time
• GYT - Guyana Time
• PYT - Paraguay Time
• Q - Quebec Time Zone
• VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
• -04 -