EST to HKT Converter
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EST and HKT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and HKT (UTC+8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 13 hours behind HKT.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to HKT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to HKT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 12 hours behind HKT. At other times of the year, EST is 13 hours behind HKT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (next day) in HKT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am (next day) in HKT.
Compare EST time with HKT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 13 hours behind Hong Kong Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 8:00 pm20:00 in HKT
EST to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm in EST which corresponds to 7am-8am in HKT (next day)
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 8:00 pm20:00 HKT
| EST | HKT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 1pm |
| 1am | 2pm |
| 2am | 3pm |
| 3am | 4pm |
| 4am | 5pm |
| 5am | 6pm |
| 6am | 7pm |
| 7am | 8pm |
| 8am | 9pm |
| 9am | 10pm |
| 10am | 11pm |
| 11am | 12am (midnight) |
| 12pm (noon) | 1am |
| 1pm | 2am |
| 2pm | 3am |
| 3pm | 4am |
| 4pm | 5am |
| 5pm | 6am |
| 6pm | 7am |
| 7pm | 8am |
| 8pm | 9am |
| 9pm | 10am |
| 10pm | 11am |
| 11pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 00:00 | 13:00 |
| 01:00 | 14:00 |
| 02:00 | 15:00 |
| 03:00 | 16:00 |
| 04:00 | 17:00 |
| 05:00 | 18:00 |
| 06:00 | 19:00 |
| 07:00 | 20:00 |
| 08:00 | 21:00 |
| 09:00 | 22:00 |
| 10:00 | 23:00 |
| 11:00 | 00:00 |
| 12:00 | 01:00 |
| 13:00 | 02:00 |
| 14:00 | 03:00 |
| 15:00 | 04:00 |
| 16:00 | 05:00 |
| 17:00 | 06:00 |
| 18:00 | 07:00 |
| 19:00 | 08:00 |
| 20:00 | 09:00 |
| 21:00 | 10:00 |
| 22:00 | 11:00 |
| 23:00 | 12:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
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, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
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).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
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
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kowloon, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time