EST is not in use right now: Eastern Time is on EDT (UTC−4). The clock shows the time at EST's own offset, UTC−5.
EST is 1 hour ahead of MDT (Mountain Standard Time).
Eastern Time
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
IANA: America/New_York · UTC−4
In effect now
Next change: Sun 1 Nov, clocks go back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00)
Sunrise 06:52 · Sunset 18:38
Daylight 11h 46m · Solar noon 12:45
Clocks in EST run on Eastern Time (EDT, UTC−4); software knows the zone as America/New_York.
Yes. EST is on daylight saving time now. The next changes:
| City | Local time | Difference from EST |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Fri | 3 hours behind |
| London | Sat | 5 hours ahead |
| Paris | Sat | 6 hours ahead |
| Dubai | Sat | 8 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | Sat | 9.5 hours ahead |
| Singapore | Sat | 12 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | Sat | 13 hours ahead |
| Sydney | Sat | 14 hours ahead |
| Johannesburg | Sat | 6 hours ahead |
| São Paulo | Fri | 1 hour ahead |
| Chicago | Fri | 1 hour behind |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |