SST to EST Converter
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1:00 am01:00 SST (UTC-11), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026
SST is 7 hours behind EDT.
SST and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples
These examples always use SST (UTC-11) 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.
SST is 6 hours behind 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 SST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use SST to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SST is 7 hours behind EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, SST is 6 hours behind EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SST correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SST correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in EST.
Compare SST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Samoa Standard Time is 7 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time.
1:00 am01:00 in SST is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
SST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in SST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in EDT
1:00 am01:00 Samoa Standard Time (SST). Offset UTC -11:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 SST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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Samoa Standard Time
Offset: SST is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: American Samoa, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SST time zone is Pago Pago in American Samoa, with about 11,500 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tāfuna, Nu‘uuli, Leone, Faleniu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Samoa Standard Time (SST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
SST representations, usage and related time zones
- -11 - basic short
- -1100 - basic
- -11:00 - extended
- -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- X-ray - Military abbreviation for SST
- X - short form of 'X-ray'
- Pacific/Midway
- Pacific/Pago_Pago
- Pacific/Samoa
- US/Samoa
- NUT - Niue Time
- SST - Samoa Standard Time
- X - X-ray Time Zone
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