North American time zones:
EST – Eastern Standard Time
Current time in New York
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 9:45:16 PM EST
New York will stay on EST until Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2:00 AMwhen clocks are moved to Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 03:00:00EDT
Find local time and time zone for a location
We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.Time zone offset: UTC - 5 hours
EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Note that most places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using EDT instead in the summer. See below for details.
Time zone abbreviations: EST, HNE, ET
Full name is Eastern Standard TimeHNE – Heure Normale de l'Est (French)
ET – Tiempo Del Este (Spanish)
Email time zone indicator: -0500
An email sent from someone in the EST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0500" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0500" does not have to be in EST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples belowWhere and when is EST observed?
US states using EST in the winter and EDT during the summer
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida - Southern/Eastern parts
- Georgia
- Indiana - all except for these north-western counties near Chicago (Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Starke) and these south-western counties in Indiana near Evansville Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Perry
- Kentucky - eastern parts counties of Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Hancock, Hansock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, Mason, McCreary, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nelson, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Taylor, Trimble, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan - most except these western counties
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee - eastern counties Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Canadian provinces using EST in the winter and EDT during the summer
- Nunavut - most of it
- Ontario - most parts east of 90 West and two communities west of 90 West Shebandowan, Upsala
- Quebec - most of it except East of 63 West, Blanc Sablon which observe AST all year
EST is used all year
- Nunavut - Southampton Island only (Coral Harbour)
EST was used all year
EST is used all year
- Cayman Islands
Example locations in EST
- George Town - This time zone offset is used all year in this location
- New York - This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Other time zones in North America
Go directly through the links below, or see the North America time zone list- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- CST - Central Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- EGT - East Greenland Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time
- NST - Newfoundland Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- PMDT - Pierre & Miquelon Daylight Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
- WGT - West Greenland Time
Time zones in other regions
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- Pacific
- South America
Related links
- Time zone abbreviations world-wide
- The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
- The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones