New York City to JST Time Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 17, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 17, 2026
New York City is 13 hours behind JST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, New York City is 13 hours behind JST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, New York City is 14 hours behind JST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in New York City correspond to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am (next day) in JST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in New York City correspond to 11:00 pm to 8:00 am (next day) in JST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in New York City correspond to 22:00 to 07:00 (next day) in JST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in New York City correspond to 23:00 to 08:00 (next day) in JST.
Compare New York City time with JST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) is 13 hours behind Japan Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in New York City, NY, USA is 9:00 pm21:00 in JST
New York City to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in New York City which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in JST (next day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 New York City, NY, USA / 9:00 pm21:00 JST
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New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EST – Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5 (standard time)
New York City Facts
Japan Standard Time
Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Japan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in Japan: Japan time now
JST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for JST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Tokyo
- Japan
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time
