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WGST/WGT

Western Greenland Summer Time

UTC−1

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WGT is not used on this date.

This converter uses WGST (UTC−1), as in Godthab.

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EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

UTC−4

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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use EST all year (UTC−5)

Quick answers

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11:00 am11:00 WGST (UTC-1), Oct 12, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 12, 2026

WGST is 3 hours ahead of EDT.

WGT and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples

These examples always use WGT (UTC-2) 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.

WGT is 3 hours ahead of 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 WGT to ET. For daylight-time examples, use WGST to EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WGST is 3 hours ahead of EDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 27, 2027, WGT is 2 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, WGT is 3 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGST correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGT correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in EST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in EDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WGST correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WGT correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in EST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WGT correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in EDT.

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

Time Difference

Western Greenland Summer Time is 3 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
11:00 am11:00 in WGST is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

WGST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in WGST which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in EDT

11:00 am11:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

11:00 am11:00 WGST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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West Greenland Time

Offset: WGT is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST).

End: West Greenland Time (WGT) ended on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm23:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Saturday of March.

Start: West Greenland Time (WGT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WGT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-02 - basic short
-0200 - basic
-02:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0200 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Oscar - Military abbreviation for WGT
O - short form of 'Oscar'

Time zones with the GMT -2 offset:

PMDT - Pierre & Miquelon Daylight Time
WGT - West Greenland Time
BRST - Brasilia Summer Time
FNT - Fernando de Noronha Time
O - Oscar Time Zone
UYST - Uruguay Summer Time

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, 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 Standard Time (EST) — EST all year EST part of the year
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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.