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Quick answers

For most of the year, St. John's is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EDT. During seasonal clock changes, St. John's is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of EST. Briefly around those changes, St. John's is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST or St. John's is 30 minutes ahead of EDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in St. John's correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in EDT. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in St. John's correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in EST.

Compare St. John's time with EDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

NST (Newfoundland Standard Time) is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time
8:30 am08:30 in St. John's, Canada is 7:00 am07:00 in EST

St. John's to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in St. John's which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in EST

8:30 am08:30 NST (Newfoundland Standard Time) (St. John's, Canada). Offset UTC -3:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

8:30 am08:30 St. John's, Canada / 7:00 am07:00 EST

St. John's, CanadaEST
12am (midnight)10:30 pm
1am11:30 pm
2am12:30 am
3am1:30 am
4am2:30 am
5am3:30 am
6am4:30 am
7am5:30 am
8am6:30 am
9am7:30 am
10am8:30 am
11am9:30 am
12pm (noon)10:30 am
1pm11:30 am
2pm12:30 pm
3pm1:30 pm
4pm2:30 pm
5pm3:30 pm
6pm4:30 pm
7pm5:30 pm
8pm6:30 pm
9pm7:30 pm
10pm8:30 pm
11pm9:30 pm
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St. John's Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time
NST - Newfoundland Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-2:30 hours during Newfoundland Daylight Time, currently in use.
-3:30 hours during Newfoundland Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

St. John's Facts

Country
Canada
Alternative Names
Agios Ioannis Neas Gis, Baile Naoimh Eoin, Baile Naoimh Eòin, Baile Sheain, Baile Sheáin, Saint John, Saint John's, Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve, San Juan de Terranova, Sanctus Ioannes Terrae Novae, Sejnt Dzhons, Sent DZons, Sent Dzonsas, Sent Džonsas, Sent-Dzhons, St Johns, St. John's, St. John's pa Newfoundland, St. John's på Newfoundland, St. John’s, YYT, ceyint jans, sant jwnz, seinteujonseu, sentojonzu, sheng yue han si, snt g'wns, Άγιος Ιωάννης Νέας Γης, Сейнт Джонс, Сент Џонс, Сент-Джонс, סנט ג'ונס, سانت جونز, سینٹ جان, سینٹ جانز، نیوفنلینڈ اور لیبراڈار, செயின்ட் ஜான்ஸ், სენტ-ჯონზი, セントジョンズ, 聖約翰斯, 세인트존스
Population
99,182
Currency
Dollar (CAD)
Geographic Coordinates
47° 33' N Latitude / 52° 42' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

Eastern Daylight Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

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

EDT Time Zone Geo Map
EDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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 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
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time