EDT to IOT Converter
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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 6:00 pm18:00 IOT (UTC+6), Oct 18, 2026
EDT is 10 hours behind IOT.
EDT and IOT examples
These examples always use EDT (UTC-4) and IOT (UTC+6). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EDT is 10 hours behind IOT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 10 hours behind IOT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 11 hours behind IOT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 7:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in IOT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 8:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in IOT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 19:00 to 04:00 (next day) in IOT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 20:00 to 05:00 (next day) in IOT.
Compare EDT time with IOT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 10 hours behind Indian Chagos Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 6:00 pm18:00 in IOT
EDT to IOT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in EDT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in IOT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 Indian Chagos Time (IOT). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 6:00 pm18:00 IOT
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Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT 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: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today all shaded areas are on EDT.
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -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.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- 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
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Indian Chagos Time
Offset: IOT is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: British Indian Ocean Territory
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Indian Chagos Time (IOT) do not change for daylight saving time, so IOT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
IOT representations, usage and related time zones
- +06 - basic short
- +0600 - basic
- +06:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for IOT
- F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
- BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
- BDT - Bangladesh Time
- BTT - Bhutan Time
- F - Foxtrot Time Zone
- IOT - Indian Chagos Time
- KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
- OMST - Omsk Standard Time
- XJT - Xinjiang Time
- YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time