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EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

GMT -4

EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use

CEST/CET

Central European Summer Time

GMT +2

CET automatically adjusted to CEST time zone, that is in use

PDT/PST

Pacific Daylight Time

GMT -7

PST automatically adjusted to PDT time zone, that is in use

KST

Korea Standard Time

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 6 hours behind Central European Summer Time and 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time and 13 hours behind Korea Standard Time
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST and is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT and is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST

EST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-1pm in EST which corresponds to 1pm-6pm in UTC
EST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in EST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in CET
EST to PST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-3pm in PST
EST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6am-8am in EST which corresponds to 8pm-10pm in KST

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT / 9:00 pm21:00 KST

EDT UTC CEST PDT KST
12am (midnight) 4am 6am 9pm 1pm
1am 5am 7am 10pm 2pm
2am 6am 8am 11pm 3pm
3am 7am 9am 12am (midnight) 4pm
4am 8am 10am 1am 5pm
5am 9am 11am 2am 6pm
6am 10am 12pm (noon) 3am 7pm
7am 11am 1pm 4am 8pm
8am 12pm (noon) 2pm 5am 9pm
9am 1pm 3pm 6am 10pm
10am 2pm 4pm 7am 11pm
11am 3pm 5pm 8am 12am (midnight)
12pm (noon) 4pm 6pm 9am 1am
1pm 5pm 7pm 10am 2am
2pm 6pm 8pm 11am 3am
3pm 7pm 9pm 12pm (noon) 4am
4pm 8pm 10pm 1pm 5am
5pm 9pm 11pm 2pm 6am
6pm 10pm 12am (midnight) 3pm 7am
7pm 11pm 1am 4pm 8am
8pm 12am (midnight) 2am 5pm 9am
9pm 1am 3am 6pm 10am
10pm 2am 4am 7pm 11am
11pm 3am 5am 8pm 12pm (noon)
0:00 4:00 6:00 21:00 13:00
1:00 5:00 7:00 22:00 14:00
2:00 6:00 8:00 23:00 15:00
3:00 7:00 9:00 0:00 16:00
4:00 8:00 10:00 1:00 17:00
5:00 9:00 11:00 2:00 18:00
6:00 10:00 12:00 3:00 19:00
7:00 11:00 13:00 4:00 20:00
8:00 12:00 14:00 5:00 21:00
9:00 13:00 15:00 6:00 22:00
10:00 14:00 16:00 7:00 23:00
11:00 15:00 17:00 8:00 0:00
12:00 16:00 18:00 9:00 1:00
13:00 17:00 19:00 10:00 2:00
14:00 18:00 20:00 11:00 3:00
15:00 19:00 21:00 12:00 4:00
16:00 20:00 22:00 13:00 5:00
17:00 21:00 23:00 14:00 6:00
18:00 22:00 0:00 15:00 7:00
19:00 23:00 1:00 16:00 8:00
20:00 0:00 2:00 17:00 9:00
21:00 1:00 3:00 18:00 10:00
22:00 2:00 4:00 19:00 11:00
23:00 3:00 5:00 20:00 12:00

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

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

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (2)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (3)End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (4)Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended

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

  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

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

  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'

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

  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu

Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:

  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (5)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (6)End: Central European Time (CET) has ended on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of March.

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (7)Start: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.

CET representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended

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

  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

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

  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'

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

  • Africa/Algiers
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Africa/Tunis
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • Poland

Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:

  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (8)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (9)End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (10)Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended

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

  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

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

  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'

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

  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Paraguay Summer Time - UTC -3

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Korea Standard Time

Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Korea (North), Korea (South)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST timezone is Seoul from South Korea with population about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in the area are Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu

Daylight Saving: Korea Standard Time (KST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore KST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Korea Standard Time remains the same

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (11)

KST representations, usage and related time zones

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

  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended

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

  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

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

  • India - Military abbreviation for KST
  • I - short form of 'India'

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

  • Asia/Pyongyang
  • Asia/Seoul
  • ROK

KST Abbreviation: Several time zones share KST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
  • Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30

Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:

  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT

EST to UTC to CET to PST to KST (2025)

FAQs

Is UTC and CET the same time? ›

Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.

How far ahead is CET from PST? ›

What is the difference between CET and PST time zones? The Central European Time (CET) is 9 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Is UTC ahead of EST? ›

Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).

How far ahead is UTC from PST? ›

UTC is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1600 PST the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0400 PST the same day), and 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (e.g., 0000 UTC is 1700 PDT the previous day, while 1200 UTC is 0500 PDT the same day).

Which timezone is UTC? ›

Prior to 1972, this time was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but is now referred to as Coordinated Universal Time or Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). It is a coordinated time scale, maintained by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). It is also known as "Z time" or "Zulu Time".

Is EST always 3 hours ahead of PST? ›

Is Pacific time 3 hours behind Eastern time? Yes, Pacific Standard Time (PST) is three hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST). Each time zone in the US moving west from EST moves back by one hour; 4pm EST is 3pm CST, 2pm MST, and 1pm PST.

Is CET always 6 hours ahead of EST? ›

What is the difference between CET and EST time zones? The Central European Time (CET) is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

How far ahead is PST to EST? ›

What is the difference between PST and EST time zones? The Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 3 hours behind of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

What timezone do most Americans live in? ›

Almost half of Americans live in the Eastern time zone; what effect does this have? I moved here from eastern, which is the nation's anchor time zone. I say that not because of its affiliation with New York City or Washington, D.C., but because almost half the U.S. population holds to its authority.

How to convert EST to UTC? ›

EST stands for Eastern Standard Time and UTC is known as Universal Time. UTC is 5 hours ahead of EST. In other words, UTC = EST + 5 hours.

How do you convert UTC time to local time? ›

Add the local time offset to the UTC time. For example, if your local time offset is -5:00, and if the UTC time is shown as 11:00, add -5 to 11. The time setting when adjusted for offset is 06:00 (6:00 A.M.). Note The date also follows UTC format.

Does UTC change timezone? ›

Clock Changes in UTC, Time Zone (Coordinated Universal Time)

Daylight Saving Time has never been used here. Clocks do not change in UTC, Time Zone. There is no previous DST change in Time Zone.

How do I change UTC to CET? ›

To convert 18:00 UTC into your local time, add 1 hour, to get 19:00 CET. In summer, add 2 hours to get 20:00 CEST.

Is UTC and CST same? ›

It is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6.

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