WST Pacific to EST Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
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1:00 am01:00 WST (UTC+13), Oct 16, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 15, 2026
WST is 17 hours ahead of EDT.
WST and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples
These examples always use WST (UTC+13) 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.
WST is 18 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 WST-PACIFIC to ET. For daylight-time examples, use WST-PACIFIC to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, WST Pacific is 17 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, WST Pacific is 18 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WST Pacific correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WST Pacific correspond to 3:00 pm (previous day) to 12:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WST Pacific correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WST Pacific correspond to 15:00 (previous day) to 00:00 in EST.
Compare WST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
West Samoa Time is 17 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
1:00 am01:00 in WST is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
WST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in WST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in EDT (previous day)
1:00 am01:00 West Samoa Time (WST). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 WST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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West Samoa Time
Offset: WST is 13 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Samoa (western)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WST time zone is Apia in Samoa, with about 40,407 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Palauli, Asau, Mulifanua, Sale’imoa.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Samoa Time (WST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
WST representations, usage and related time zones
- +13 - basic short
- +1300 - basic
- +13:00 - extended
- +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of thirteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Western Sahara Summer Time - UTC +1
- West Samoa Time - UTC +13
- FJST - Fiji Summer Time
- NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
- PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
- TKT - Tokelau Time
- TOT - Tonga Time
- WST - West Samoa Time
- WSST - West Samoa Standard 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
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.
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