HST to EST Converter
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HST and EST examples
These examples always use HST (UTC-10) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
HST is 5 hours behind EST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use HST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use HST to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, HST is 6 hours behind EDT. At other times of the year, HST is 5 hours behind EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in HST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in EST.
Compare HST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hawaii Standard Time is 5 hours behind Eastern Standard Time
2:00 am02:00 in HST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST
HST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm in HST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm in EST
2:00 am02:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Offset UTC -10:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 HST / 7:00 am07:00 EST
| HST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am |
| 1am | 6am |
| 2am | 7am |
| 3am | 8am |
| 4am | 9am |
| 5am | 10am |
| 6am | 11am |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) |
| 8am | 1pm |
| 9am | 2pm |
| 10am | 3pm |
| 11am | 4pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm |
| 1pm | 6pm |
| 2pm | 7pm |
| 3pm | 8pm |
| 4pm | 9pm |
| 5pm | 10pm |
| 6pm | 11pm |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 8pm | 1am |
| 9pm | 2am |
| 10pm | 3am |
| 11pm | 4am |
| 00:00 | 05:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 |
Hawaii Standard Time
Offset: HST is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HST time zone is Honolulu in the United States, with about 371,657 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Pearl City, Hilo, Kailua, Waipahu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hawaii Standard Time (HST) do not change for daylight saving time, so HST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
HST representations, usage and related time zones
- -10 - basic short
- -1000 - basic
- -10:00 - extended
- -1000 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Whiskey - Military abbreviation for HST
- W - short form of 'Whiskey'
- America/Adak
- America/Atka
- HST
- Pacific/Honolulu
- Pacific/Johnston
- US/Aleutian
- US/Hawaii
- HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
- CKT - Cook Island Time
- HST - Hawaii Standard Time
- TAHT - Tahiti Time
- W - Whiskey Time Zone
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