Daylight saving time
Every clock change in the coming year, by date, and the countries that never change.
EST/EDT: Eastern Time
Eastern Time, UTC−5 right now. Used in US & Canada. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
EST, Eastern Time
EST
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
UTC−5
- Abbreviation
- EST/EDT
- Full name
- Eastern Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC−5
- Standard time
- UTC−5
- Daylight time
- UTC−4
- Daylight saving
- Yes
- Reference zone
- America/New_York
- Where
- US & Canada
Daylight saving time in EST
DST ended
Sun, Nov 1, 2026
Clocks went back 1 hour
DST starts
Sun, Mar 14, 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour
Winter
UTC−5
EST
Summer
UTC−4
EDT
EST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on EDT, UTC−4. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
Countries and cities on EST
Where Eastern Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone.
| City | Local time | Compared to EST |
|---|---|---|
| United StatesNew York, Brooklyn, Queens | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| CanadaToronto, Montréal, Ottawa | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| HaitiPort-au-Prince, Carrefour, Delmas | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| MexicoCancún, Chetumal, Playa del Carmen | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| JamaicaKingston, Spanish Town, Portmore | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| PanamaPanama City, San Miguelito, Juan Díaz | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| BahamasNassau, Lucaya, Freeport | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| Cayman IslandsGeorge Town, West Bay | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
| Turks and Caicos IslandsProvidenciales, Cockburn Town | Wed 2:11 PM | Same time |
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- UTC to EDT
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- AEST to EST
- EDT to IST
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- EST to BST
- EST to PDT
- EDT to PDT
- CST to EDT
- GMT to EDT
- IST to EDT
- EST to KST
- PST to EDT
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Frequently asked questions
Ask a questionThe clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Eastern Time (EST, or EDT in summer), following the rules of the America/New_York time zone. It is UTC−5 at the moment.
EST stands for Eastern Time. It is used in US & Canada.
EST is UTC−5. During daylight saving time the same places are on EDT, UTC−4.
EST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on EDT, UTC−4. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.