HKT to EST Converter

Time Difference

Hong Kong Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
So 4:30 am04:30 in HKT is 3:30 pm15:30 in EST

4:30 am04:30 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

4:30 am04:30 HKT / 3:30 pm15:30 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
• +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 switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Start: EST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: EST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 8, 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 -