NST to EST Converter
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9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 17, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 17, 2026
NDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EDT.
NST and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples
These examples always use NST (UTC-3:30) 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.
NST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EST.
EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use NST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use NDT to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, NDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, NST is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EST. Briefly around clock changes, NDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST or NST is 30 minutes ahead of EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NDT correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NST correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NDT correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NST correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in EST.
Compare NST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Newfoundland Daylight Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
9:30 am09:30 in NDT is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
NDT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in NDT which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in EDT
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 NDT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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Newfoundland Standard Time
Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.
French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−2:30 (NDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).
End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
NST representations, usage and related time zones
- -0330 - basic
- -03:30 - extended
- -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
- America/St_Johns
- Canada/Newfoundland
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
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
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).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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