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2:00 pm14:00 EET (UTC+2), Oct 29, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 29, 2026

Bucharest is 6 hours ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Bucharest is 7 hours ahead of ET. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, Bucharest is 6 hours ahead of ET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Bucharest correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Bucharest correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in ET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Bucharest correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Bucharest correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in ET.

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

Time Difference

EET (Eastern European Time) is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in Bucharest, Romania is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Bucharest to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in Bucharest which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT

2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Bucharest, Romania). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 Bucharest, Romania / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Bucharest Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EET – Eastern European Time, UTC+2 (now)
EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 3:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 03:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 4:00 am04:00 (EEST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 31, 2027 at 4:00 amSunday, October 31, 2027 at 04:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (EET). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Bucharest Facts

Country
Romania
Alternative Names
BUH, Boekarest, Boukouresti, Bucarest, Bucaresta, Bucareste, Bucarèst, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Bucureşti, București, Buekres, Bukarest, Bukarestas, Bukareste, Bukaresto, Bukareszt, Bukareŝto, Bukareštas, Bukharest, Bukureshh, Bukuresht, Bukureshta, Bukureshti, Bukurest, Bukurešt, Bukurešť, Buxarest, Búkarest, Bûkarest, Bükreş, bkharst, bu jia lei si te, bukaresuto, bukulesyuti, bwkharst, bwqrst, Βουκουρέστι, Букурешт, Букурещ, Бухарест, Բուխարեստ, בוקאַרעשט, בוקרשט, بخارست, بوخارست, بۇخارېست, པུ་ཁ་རེ་སིད, ბუქარესტი, ቡካረስት, ブカレスト, 布加勒斯特, 부쿠레슈티
Population
1,877,155
Currency
Leu (RON)
Geographic Coordinates
44° 25' N Latitude / 26° 06' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+40

Eastern Time

Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.

In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.

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 ET 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 Time (ET)
ET all year ET part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time, EST).

ET 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 ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
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