What time is it in EST?
Current time in EST
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America/New_York · UTC−5
EST stands for Eastern Standard Time, an offset of UTC−5, used across the US East Coast and eastern Canada. But the region also shifts for summer: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4) applies from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, so a clock casually labelled “EST” in July is really showing EDT. The live clock above follows the America/New_York zone and shows whichever offset is in force. Roughly half the US population lives on this clock, including New York, Washington DC, Atlanta and Miami.
Convert a specific timestamp
Detected: ISO 8601 (UTC)
Your timezone
UTC · GMT+00:00 · UTC
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 11:10:52 AM
Common formats
UTC
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 11:10:52 AM
ISO 8601
2026-06-01T11:10:52.000Z
Unix (seconds)
1780312252
Unix (millis)
1780312252000
Relative
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World clock
Los Angeles PDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 04:10:52 AM
GMT-07:00
Chicago CDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 06:10:52 AM
GMT-05:00
New York EDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 07:10:52 AM
GMT-04:00
London BST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 12:10:52 PM
GMT+01:00
Paris CEST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 01:10:52 PM
GMT+02:00
Kolkata IST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 04:40:52 PM
GMT+05:30
Shanghai CST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 07:10:52 PM
GMT+08:00
Tokyo JST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 08:10:52 PM
GMT+09:00
Sydney AEST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 09:10:52 PM
GMT+10:00
Time zone facts
- Standard time
- Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC−5
- Summer time
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC−4
- Daylight saving
- Observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November
- IANA timezone
- America/New_York
Common questions
- What time is it in EST right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in EST, updated every second, with today's date and the day of the week beneath it. It reads your device's clock and converts it using the America/New_York rules, so it stays correct across daylight-saving changes.
- What UTC offset is EST?
- EST is UTC−5; its summer counterpart EDT is UTC−4, in force from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Outside that window the offset is UTC−5.
- Does EST observe daylight saving time?
- EST is the winter half of the arrangement, but the region it refers to does change its clocks. They go forward an hour for Eastern Daylight Time, which runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, and back again at the end of it.
- What does EST stand for?
- Eastern Standard Time. In everyday use people write “EST” to mean the local time of the US East Coast and eastern Canada, which is actually EDT for a good part of the year. The clock above resolves that for you.