The winter clock of the US East Coast — and the most misused timezone abbreviation in the world.
Eastern Standard Time (EST) is UTC-5, the standard (winter) time of the US Eastern zone — New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia — plus Toronto in Canada.
From the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, the Eastern zone switches to EDT (UTC-4). People casually say “EST” year-round, but in summer the actual local time is EDT. The safe umbrella term is ET (Eastern Time). Full breakdown: EST vs EDT.
| When it’s 9:00 AM EST | It is |
|---|---|
| London (GMT) | 2:00 PM |
| India (IST) | 7:30 PM |
| Tokyo (JST) | 11:00 PM |
| Los Angeles (PST) | 6:00 AM |
See the live clock on Time in New York or convert any time with EST to IST.
EST is UTC-5. Note the East Coast only uses EST in winter; in summer local time is EDT, UTC-4.
ET (Eastern Time) is the umbrella term covering both EST (winter) and EDT (summer). EST is specifically the winter half.
9:00 AM EST is 7:30 PM IST — India is 10 hours 30 minutes ahead of EST.