New York City to EST to Los Angeles Time Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026
New York City and EDT have the same local time. New York City is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
How the time difference changes
New York City to EST
For most of the year, New York City and EDT have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, New York City and EST have the same time.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in New York City correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in New York City correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in New York City correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in New York City correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in EST.
New York City to Los Angeles
Normally, New York City is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Briefly around seasonal clock changes, New York City is 4 hours ahead of Los Angeles or New York City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Typically, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in New York City correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in Los Angeles.Typically, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in New York City correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in Los Angeles.
Compare New York City time with EST and Los Angeles time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) and Eastern Daylight Time have the same local time. EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) is 3 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time).
8:00 am08:00 in New York City, NY, USA is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 5:00 am05:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
New York City to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in New York City which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EDT
New York City to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in New York City which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in Los Angeles
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 New York City, NY, USA / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:00 am05:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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| New York City, NY, USA | EDT | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 1:00am | 10:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00am | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 3:00am | 12:00am | |
| 4:00am | 1:00am | |
| 5:00am | 2:00am | |
| 6:00am | 3:00am | |
| 7:00am | 4:00am | |
| 8:00am | 5:00am | |
| 9:00am | 6:00am | |
| 10:00am | 7:00am | |
| 11:00am | 8:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 9:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 10:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 3:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | 3:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | 4:00pm | |
| 8:00pm | 5:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 6:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 7:00pm | |
| 11:00pm | 8:00pm | |
| 00:00 | 21:00 previous day | |
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| 02:00 | 23:00 previous day | |
| 03:00 | 00:00 | |
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| 08:00 | 05:00 | |
| 09:00 | 06:00 | |
| 10:00 | 07:00 | |
| 11:00 | 08:00 | |
| 12:00 | 09:00 | |
| 13:00 | 10:00 | |
| 14:00 | 11:00 | |
| 15:00 | 12:00 | |
| 16:00 | 13:00 | |
| 17:00 | 14:00 | |
| 18:00 | 15:00 | |
| 19:00 | 16:00 | |
| 20:00 | 17:00 | |
| 21:00 | 18:00 | |
| 22:00 | 19:00 | |
| 23:00 | 20:00 |
New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)
New York City Facts
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
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).
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.
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
Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (standard time)
