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EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

UTC−4

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9am

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6pm

9pm

Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use EST all year (UTC−5)

NDT/NST

Newfoundland Daylight Time

UTC−2:30

1h 30m ahead

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

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9pm

Newfoundland Time is on daylight saving time: NDT (UTC−2:30) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use NST all year (UTC−3:30)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 28, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 28, 2026

EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT.

EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and NST examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and NST (UTC-3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NST.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to NST. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to NDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind NST. Briefly around clock changes, EDT is 30 minutes behind NST or EST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind NDT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in NST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 10:30 to 19:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 10:30 to 19:30 in NST.

Compare EST time with NST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 9:30 am09:30 in NDT

EDT to NDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in EDT which corresponds to 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in NDT

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 9:30 am09:30 NDT

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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST) — EST all year EST part of the year
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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).

End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-05 - basic short
-0500 - basic
-05:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-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.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
R - short form of 'Romeo'

IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

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

Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:

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

Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

Map of the areas on Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) — NST part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−2:30 (NDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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

End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Start: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NST representations, usage and related time zones