Tokyo to Los Angeles to EST Time Converter

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Tokyo
JapanJST
UTC+9
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Los Angeles
California, USAPST
UTC−8
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3am
6am
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3pm
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9pm
EST
Eastern Standard Time
UTC−5
14h behind
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9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Nov 2, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 PST (UTC-8), Nov 2, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 2, 2026

Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of EST.

How the time difference changes

Tokyo to Los Angeles

For most of the year, Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in Los Angeles.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 02:00 in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in Los Angeles.

Tokyo to EST

For most of the year, Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tokyo correspond to 7:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo correspond to 19:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in EST.

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

Time Difference

JST (Japan Standard Time) is 17 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time). JST (Japan Standard Time) is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in Tokyo, Japan is 4:00 am04:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA and is 7:00 am07:00 in EST

Tokyo to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in Los Angeles (previous day)
Tokyo to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in Tokyo which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in EST (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Tokyo, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 Tokyo, Japan / 4:00 am04:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 7:00 am07:00 EST

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Tokyo Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
JST – Japan Standard Time, UTC+9 (no daylight saving time)

Tokyo Facts

Country
Japan
Alternative Names
Edo, TYO, Tochiu, Tocio, Tokija, Tokijas, Tokio, Tokió, Tokjo, Tokyo, Toquio, Toquio - dong jing, Toquio - 東京, Tòquio, Tókýó, Tóquio, Tōkyō, dokyo, dong jing, dong jing dou, dong-gyeong, tokeiyw, toki'o, tokkiyo, tokyo, twkyw, twqyw, Τόκιο, Токио, Токё, Токіо, Տոկիո, טוקיו, توكيو, توکیو, طوكيو, ܛܘܟܝܘ, ܜܘܟܝܘ, टोक्यो, টোকিও, டோக்கியோ, โตเกียว, ტოკიო, 东京, 東京, 東京都, 도쿄, 동경
Population
9,733,276
Currency
Yen (JPY)
Geographic Coordinates
35° 41' N Latitude / 139° 41' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+81
More About Tokyo
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Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (now)
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (PDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 7, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, November 7, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (PST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Clock Changes
USA daylight saving time · Clock changes worldwide

Los Angeles Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Alternative Names
Angelopolis, Ciudad De los Angelos, Cuidad De Los Angelos, El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porcivncula, El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de Porciuncula, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, El Pueblo del Rio de Nuestra Senora, L.A., LA, LAX, La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula, Lok-chham-ki, Los And'eles, Los Andzelas, Los Andzeles, Los Andzheles, Los Andzhelis, Los Andželas, Los Andželes, Los Angeles, Los Anjeles, Los Anjélés, Los Antzeles, Los Anxheles, Los Anxhelos, Los Anzeles, Los Anzheles, Los Ángeles, Los-Anceles, Los-Andzeles, Los-Andzhehles, Los-Andzheles, Los-Angeleso, Los-Anjeles, Los-Anzheles, Los-Anzheles shaary, Los-Anĝeleso, Losandzelosa, Losandželosa, Lo̍k-chhám-kî, Lungsod ng Los Angeles, Luos Andzels, Luos Andžels, Os Anxeles, Os Ánxeles, Pueblo De Los Angeles, Pueblo Los Angelos, el-ei, las aynjls, las encalas, las enjales, las enjalis, lasa ainjalasa, lasa enjalasa, lasa enjilasa, leas anceles, los-anjelesi, losa enjelasa, losa enjelisa, losa enjelsa, loseuaenjelleseu, loseuenjelleseu, ls anjls, luo shan ji, lws anjls, lws anjlws, lws anjlys, lws ʼngls, rosanzerusu, Λος Άντζελες, Лос Анджелес, Лос Анджелис, Лос Андьелес, Лос Анжелес, Лос Анђелес, Лос Анџелес, Лос Анҷелес, Лос Анӂелес, Лос-Анджелес, Лос-Анджэлес, Лос-Анжелес, Лос-Анжелес шаары, Лос-Анџелес, Լոս Անջելես, לאס אנדזשעלעס, לוס אנגלס, لاس اینجلس, لس آنجلس, لس‌آنجلس, لوس آنجلس, لوس أنجلوس, لوس ئانجېلېس, لوس انجليس, لوس‌آنجلس, لۆس ئانجلەس, लस एञ्जिलस, लस एन्जलस, लास एंजलस, लॉस एंजेलिस, लॉस एंजेल्स, লস অ্যাঞ্জেলেস, ਲਾਸ ਐਂਜਲਸ, લોસ એન્જેલસ, லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலஸ், లాస్ ఏంజలెస్, ಲಾಸ್ ಎಂಜಲೀಸ್, ലോസ് ആഞ്ചെലെസ്, ลอสแอนเจลิส, လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ်မြို့, ლოს-ანჯელესი, ሎስ አንጄሌስ, ロサンゼルス, 洛杉矶, 洛杉磯, 로스앤젤레스, 로스엔젤레스, 엘에이
Population
3,820,914
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 03' N Latitude / 118° 14' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1
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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

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

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EST.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

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).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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