HKT to EST Converter
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
So 5:30 am05:30 in HKT is 5:30 pm17:30 in EDT
5:30 am05:30 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 am05:30 HKT / 5:30 pm17:30 EDT
| HKT | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12pm (noon) |
| 1am | 1pm |
| 2am | 2pm |
| 3am | 3pm |
| 4am | 4pm |
| 5am | 5pm |
| 6am | 6pm |
| 7am | 7pm |
| 8am | 8pm |
| 9am | 9pm |
| 10am | 10pm |
| 11am | 11pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 12am (midnight) |
| 1pm | 1am |
| 2pm | 2am |
| 3pm | 3am |
| 4pm | 4am |
| 5pm | 5am |
| 6pm | 6am |
| 7pm | 7am |
| 8pm | 8am |
| 9pm | 9am |
| 10pm | 10am |
| 11pm | 11am |
| 0:00 | 12:00 |
| 1:00 | 13:00 |
| 2:00 | 14:00 |
| 3:00 | 15:00 |
| 4:00 | 16:00 |
| 5:00 | 17:00 |
| 6:00 | 18:00 |
| 7:00 | 19:00 |
| 8:00 | 20:00 |
| 9:00 | 21:00 |
| 10:00 | 22:00 |
| 11:00 | 23:00 |
| 12:00 | 0:00 |
| 13:00 | 1:00 |
| 14:00 | 2:00 |
| 15:00 | 3:00 |
| 16:00 | 4:00 |
| 17:00 | 5:00 |
| 18:00 | 6:00 |
| 19:00 | 7:00 |
| 20:00 | 8:00 |
| 21:00 | 9:00 |
| 22:00 | 10:00 |
| 23:00 | 11:00 |
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
- +08 -
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST 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: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places adjust time for one hour forward for daylight saving and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: EST ended and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, 08 March 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
Start: EST starts and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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
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
- -05 -