P to EST Converter
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9:00 am09:00 P (UTC-3), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026
P is 1 hour ahead of EDT.
P and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples
These examples always use P (UTC-3) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
P is 2 hours ahead of EST.
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 P to ET. For daylight-time examples, use P to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, P is 1 hour ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, P is 2 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in P correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in P correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in P correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in P correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in EST.
Compare P time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Papa Time Zone is 1 hour ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
9:00 am09:00 in P is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
P to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in P which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in EDT
9:00 am09:00 Papa Time Zone (P). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 P / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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Papa Time Zone
Offset: P is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Greenland, Paraguay, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, Uruguay
Principal Cities: The largest city in the P time zone is São Paulo in Brazil, with about 12.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Belo Horizonte.
Daylight Saving: Some places on Papa Time Zone (P) keep the same time all year, while others use P for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−2.
P representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for P
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - Brasilia Time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- FKT - Falkland Islands Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
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
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
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
- -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