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CDT/CST
Central Daylight Time
GMT -5
CST automatically adjusted to CDT time zone, that is in use
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
SGT
Singapore Time
GMT +8
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
+03
CEST/CET
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
CET automatically adjusted to CEST time zone, that is in use
ACDT
Australian Central Daylight Time
GMT +10:30
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and 13 hours behind Singapore Time and 8 hours behind and 7 hours behind Central European Summer Time and 15 hours and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Daylight Time and 5 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated and 1 hours behind Eastern Daylight Time
11:30 am11:30 in CDT is 4:30 pm16:30 in GMT and is 12:30 am00:30 in SGT and is 7:30 pm19:30 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and is 6:30 pm18:30 in CEST and is 3:00 am03:00 in ACDT and is 4:30 pm16:30 in UTC and is 12:30 pm12:30 in EDT
CST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in CST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in GMT
CST to SGT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6am-8am in CST which corresponds to 8pm-10pm in SGT
CST to Mecca call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in CST which corresponds to 5pm-7pm in Mecca
CST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in CST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in CET
CST to ACDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30am-6:30am in CST which corresponds to 9pm-11pm in ACDT
CST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in CST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in UTC
CST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-5pm in CST which corresponds to 9am-6pm in EST
11:30 am11:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 Singapore Time (SGT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 (Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT). Offset UTC +10:30 hours
4:30 pm16:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:30 pm12:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 CDT / 4:30 pm16:30 GMT / 12:30 am00:30 SGT / 7:30 pm19:30 Mecca, Saudi Arabia / 6:30 pm18:30 CEST / 3:00 am03:00 ACDT / 4:30 pm16:30 UTC / 12:30 pm12:30 EDT
| CDT | GMT | SGT | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | CEST | ACDT | UTC | EDT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5am | 1pm | 8am | 7am | 3:30 pm | 5am | 1am |
| 1am | 6am | 2pm | 9am | 8am | 4:30 pm | 6am | 2am |
| 2am | 7am | 3pm | 10am | 9am | 5:30 pm | 7am | 3am |
| 3am | 8am | 4pm | 11am | 10am | 6:30 pm | 8am | 4am |
| 4am | 9am | 5pm | 12pm (noon) | 11am | 7:30 pm | 9am | 5am |
| 5am | 10am | 6pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 8:30 pm | 10am | 6am |
| 6am | 11am | 7pm | 2pm | 1pm | 9:30 pm | 11am | 7am |
| 7am | 12pm (noon) | 8pm | 3pm | 2pm | 10:30 pm | 12pm (noon) | 8am |
| 8am | 1pm | 9pm | 4pm | 3pm | 11:30 pm | 1pm | 9am |
| 9am | 2pm | 10pm | 5pm | 4pm | 12:30 am | 2pm | 10am |
| 10am | 3pm | 11pm | 6pm | 5pm | 1:30 am | 3pm | 11am |
| 11am | 4pm | 12am (midnight) | 7pm | 6pm | 2:30 am | 4pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 12pm (noon) | 5pm | 1am | 8pm | 7pm | 3:30 am | 5pm | 1pm |
| 1pm | 6pm | 2am | 9pm | 8pm | 4:30 am | 6pm | 2pm |
| 2pm | 7pm | 3am | 10pm | 9pm | 5:30 am | 7pm | 3pm |
| 3pm | 8pm | 4am | 11pm | 10pm | 6:30 am | 8pm | 4pm |
| 4pm | 9pm | 5am | 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 7:30 am | 9pm | 5pm |
| 5pm | 10pm | 6am | 1am | 12am (midnight) | 8:30 am | 10pm | 6pm |
| 6pm | 11pm | 7am | 2am | 1am | 9:30 am | 11pm | 7pm |
| 7pm | 12am (midnight) | 8am | 3am | 2am | 10:30 am | 12am (midnight) | 8pm |
| 8pm | 1am | 9am | 4am | 3am | 11:30 am | 1am | 9pm |
| 9pm | 2am | 10am | 5am | 4am | 12:30 pm | 2am | 10pm |
| 10pm | 3am | 11am | 6am | 5am | 1:30 pm | 3am | 11pm |
| 11pm | 4am | 12pm (noon) | 7am | 6am | 2:30 pm | 4am | 12am (midnight) |
| 0:00 | 5:00 | 13:00 | 8:00 | 7:00 | 15:30 | 5:00 | 1:00 |
| 1:00 | 6:00 | 14:00 | 9:00 | 8:00 | 16:30 | 6:00 | 2:00 |
| 2:00 | 7:00 | 15:00 | 10:00 | 9:00 | 17:30 | 7:00 | 3:00 |
| 3:00 | 8:00 | 16:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 18:30 | 8:00 | 4:00 |
| 4:00 | 9:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 19:30 | 9:00 | 5:00 |
| 5:00 | 10:00 | 18:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 20:30 | 10:00 | 6:00 |
| 6:00 | 11:00 | 19:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 21:30 | 11:00 | 7:00 |
| 7:00 | 12:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 22:30 | 12:00 | 8:00 |
| 8:00 | 13:00 | 21:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 23:30 | 13:00 | 9:00 |
| 9:00 | 14:00 | 22:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 0:30 | 14:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 1:30 | 15:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 2:30 | 16:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 1:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 | 3:30 | 17:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 2:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 4:30 | 18:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 3:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 5:30 | 19:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 4:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 | 6:30 | 20:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 5:00 | 0:00 | 23:00 | 7:30 | 21:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 6:00 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 8:30 | 22:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 7:00 | 2:00 | 1:00 | 9:30 | 23:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 0:00 | 8:00 | 3:00 | 2:00 | 10:30 | 0:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 1:00 | 9:00 | 4:00 | 3:00 | 11:30 | 1:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 2:00 | 10:00 | 5:00 | 4:00 | 12:30 | 2:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 3:00 | 11:00 | 6:00 | 5:00 | 13:30 | 3:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 4:00 | 12:00 | 7:00 | 6:00 | 14:30 | 4:00 | 0:00 |
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
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 Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) 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.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) 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.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six 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
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
GMT 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 GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
GMT Abbreviation: Several time zones share GMT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Greenwich Mean Time - UTC +0
- GMT+03:00 - UTC +3
- GMT - UTC +1
- GMT+06:00 - UTC +6
- GMT-01:00 - UTC -1
- GMT+11:00 - UTC +11
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
Singapore Time
Offset: SGT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
SGT 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for SGT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
SGT Abbreviation: Several time zones share SGT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Singapore Time - UTC +8
- South Georgia Time - UTC -2
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
Mecca Information
Time Zone
Abbreviation / Name
+03 -
AST - Arabia Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during , currently in use.
+3:00 hours during Arabia Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.
Mecca Facts
Country
Saudi Arabia
Alternative Names
A Meca, La Meca, La Mecca, La Mecque, Macoraba, Maekkae, Makka, Makkah, Makkah al Mukarramah, Makkah al Mukarraman, Makkah al-Mukarramah, Meca, Mecca, Mecka, Meice, Meka, Mekao, Meke, Mekka, Mekkah, Mekke, Mekko, Mäkkä, mai jia, mak kah, makka, meka, mekka, mkh, mkt, mkt almkrmt, Μέκκα, Мека, Мекка, מכה, مكة, مكة المكرمة, مکه, مکہ, মক্কা, มักกะฮ์, མ་ཁ།, მექა, メッカ, 麥加, 메카
Population
1,323,624
Currency
Rial (SAR)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 25' N Latitude / 39° 49' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+966
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
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).
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.
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
Australian Central Daylight Time
Offset: ACDT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACDT timezone is Adelaide from Australia with population about 1.225 million people. Other major cities in the area are Adelaide Hills, Mount Gambier, Morphett Vale, Prospect
Daylight Saving: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).
Start: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) started on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on first Sunday of October
End: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) ends on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of April
ACDT representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +1030 - basic
- +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates ten hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Australia/Adelaide
- Australia/Broken_Hill
- Australia/South
- Australia/Yancowinna
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
- ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
- LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time
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
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
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).
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.
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
EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT
