UTC to EST to PST to CET to JST Time Converter
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12:00 am00:00 UTC (UTC+0), Jan 8, 2021 = 7:00 pm19:00 EST (UTC-5), Jan 7, 2021 = 4:00 pm16:00 PST (UTC-8), Jan 7, 2021 = 1:00 am01:00 CET (UTC+1), Jan 8, 2021 = 9:00 am09:00 JST (UTC+9), Jan 8, 2021
UTC is 5 hours ahead of EST. UTC is 8 hours ahead of PST. UTC is 1 hour behind CET. UTC is 9 hours behind JST.
How the time difference changes
UTC to EST
For most of the year, UTC is 4 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, UTC is 5 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EST.
UTC to PST
For most of the year, UTC is 7 hours ahead of PDT. At other times of the year, UTC is 8 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 02:00 to 10:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in PST.
UTC to CET
For most of the year, UTC is 2 hours behind CEST. At other times of the year, UTC is 1 hour behind CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in CET.
UTC to JST
UTC is 9 hours behind JST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in JST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in UTC correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in JST.
Compare UTC time with EST, PST, CET, and JST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Universal Time Coordinated is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Universal Time Coordinated is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. Universal Time Coordinated is 1 hour behind Central European Time. Universal Time Coordinated is 9 hours behind Japan Standard Time.
12:00 am00:00 in UTC is 7:00 pm19:00 in EST and is 4:00 pm16:00 in PST and is 1:00 am01:00 in CET and is 9:00 am09:00 in JST
UTC to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in UTC which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EST
UTC to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in UTC which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PST
UTC to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in UTC which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in CET
UTC to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in UTC which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in JST
12:00 am00:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
9:00 am09:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 UTC / 7:00 pm19:00 EST / 4:00 pm16:00 PST / 1:00 am01:00 CET / 9:00 am09:00 JST
| UTC | EST | PST | CET | JST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00am | 7:00pm | 4:00pm | 1:00am | 9:00am |
| 1:00am | 8:00pm | 5:00pm | 2:00am | 10:00am |
| 2:00am | 9:00pm | 6:00pm | 3:00am | 11:00am |
| 3:00am | 10:00pm | 7:00pm | 4:00am | 12:00pm |
| 4:00am | 11:00pm | 8:00pm | 5:00am | 1:00pm |
| 5:00am | 12:00am | 9:00pm | 6:00am | 2:00pm |
| 6:00am | 1:00am | 10:00pm | 7:00am | 3:00pm |
| 7:00am | 2:00am | 11:00pm | 8:00am | 4:00pm |
| 8:00am | 3:00am | 12:00am | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| 9:00am | 4:00am | 1:00am | 10:00am | 6:00pm |
| 10:00am | 5:00am | 2:00am | 11:00am | 7:00pm |
| 11:00am | 6:00am | 3:00am | 12:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 7:00am | 4:00am | 1:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 8:00am | 5:00am | 2:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 9:00am | 6:00am | 3:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 10:00am | 7:00am | 4:00pm | 12:00am |
| 4:00pm | 11:00am | 8:00am | 5:00pm | 1:00am |
| 5:00pm | 12:00pm | 9:00am | 6:00pm | 2:00am |
| 6:00pm | 1:00pm | 10:00am | 7:00pm | 3:00am |
| 7:00pm | 2:00pm | 11:00am | 8:00pm | 4:00am |
| 8:00pm | 3:00pm | 12:00pm | 9:00pm | 5:00am |
| 9:00pm | 4:00pm | 1:00pm | 10:00pm | 6:00am |
| 10:00pm | 5:00pm | 2:00pm | 11:00pm | 7:00am |
| 11:00pm | 6:00pm | 3:00pm | 12:00am | 8:00am |
| 00:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 02:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 21:00 | 18:00 | 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 22:00 | 19:00 | 04:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 23:00 | 20:00 | 05:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 00:00 | 21:00 | 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 01:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 02:00 | 23:00 | 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 03:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 | 01:00 | 10:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 05:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 06:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | 13:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 | 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 09:00 | 06:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | 07:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | 08:00 | 17:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 13:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | 21:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 | 22:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 23:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 18:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 08:00 |
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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
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, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
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).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2020, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2021, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
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
Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2020, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2021, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2020, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2021, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
Japan Standard Time
Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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 shi, Nagoya shi, 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.
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