UTC to EDT Converter

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
So 6:40 PM18:40 in UTC is 2:40 PM14:40 in EDT

6:40 PM18:40 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:40 PM14:40 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

6:40 PM18:40 UTC / 2:40 PM14:40 EDT

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Etc/UTC
• Etc/Universal
• Etc/Zulu
• UTC
• Universal
• Zulu

Time zones with the GMT 0:00 h offset:

• EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• WET - Western European Time
• AZOST - Azores Summer Time
• UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
• Z - Zulu Time Zone
• +00 -

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -04 - basic short
• -0400 - basic
• -04:00 - extended

• -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
• Q - short form of 'Quebec'

• 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/Kentucky/Louisville
• America/Kentucky/Monticello
• America/Louisville
• America/Montreal
• America/Nassau
• America/New_York
• America/Nipigon
• America/Pangnirtung
• America/Port-au-Prince
• America/Thunder_Bay
• America/Toronto
• Canada/Eastern
• EST5EDT
• US/East-Indiana
• US/Eastern
• US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -4:00 h offset:

• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
• AMT - Amazon Time
• BOT - Bolivia Time
• CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
• CLT - Chile Standard Time
• FKT - Falkland Island Time
• GYT - Guyana Time
• PYT - Paraguay Time
• Q - Quebec Time Zone
• VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
• -04 -