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IDT to EST Converter

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IST/IDT
Israel Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IDT is not used on this date
This converter uses IST (GMT +2), the offset Jerusalem uses on this date. Open the IST converter.
EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IDT and EST examples

These examples always use IDT (UTC+3) 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.

IDT is 8 hours ahead of EST.

EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use IDT to ET. For daylight-time examples, use IDT to EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IDT is 7 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, IST is 7 hours ahead of EST or IST is 6 hours ahead of EDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IDT correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in EST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:00 am to 11:00 am in EDT.

Compare IDT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Israel Standard Time is 7 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
2:00 pm14:00 in IST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST

IST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-10am in EST

2:00 pm14:00 Israel Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 IST / 7:00 am07:00 EST

ISTEST
12am (midnight)5pm
1am6pm
2am7pm
3am8pm
4am9pm
5am10pm
6am11pm
7am12am (midnight)
8am1am
9am2am
10am3am
11am4am
12pm (noon)5am
1pm6am
2pm7am
3pm8am
4pm9am
5pm10am
6pm11am
7pm12pm (noon)
8pm1pm
9pm2pm
10pm3pm
11pm4pm
00:0017:00
01:0018:00
02:0019:00
03:0020:00
04:0021:00
05:0022:00
06:0023:00
07:0000:00
08:0001:00
09:0002:00
10:0003:00
11:0004:00
12:0005:00
13:0006:00
14:0007:00
15:0008:00
16:0009:00
17:0010:00
18:0011:00
19:0012:00
20:0013:00
21:0014:00
22:0015:00
23:0016:00

Israel Daylight Time

Offset: IDT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Israel

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IDT time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 971,800 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem, Haifa, Ashdod.

IDT Time Zone Geo Map
IDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Israel Standard Time (IST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) starts on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Friday of March

IDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for IDT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects IDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Jerusalem
  • Asia/Tel_Aviv
  • Israel
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey 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 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
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