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EAST is not used on this date.

This converter uses EASST (UTC−5), as in Easter.

Use this EAST Time Converter page to check current local time, UTC and GMT offset, daylight saving details, related time zones, and popular time converter links.

Easter Island Standard Time

Offset: EAST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Chile

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAST time zone is Hanga Roa in Chile, with about 7,322 people.

Map of the areas on Easter Island Standard Time (EAST)
EAST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−5.

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

123456789101112End: Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) ended on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Saturday, September 5, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Saturday of September.

123456789101112Start: Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) starts on Saturday, April 3, 2027 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 3, 2027, 9:00 pm21:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Saturday of April.

See Chile daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for EAST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone