UTC to EST Converter
Eastern Time is 5 hours behind UTC in winter (EST) and 4 hours behind in summer (EDT). Enter a time to convert, or see the current time in both zones.
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What is the time difference between UTC and EST?
What is the time difference between UTC and EST? Eastern Time is 5 hours behind UTC in winter (EST) and 4 hours behind in summer (EDT). UTC never changes for daylight saving, so the difference changes when US Eastern clocks change in March and November.
Standard and daylight time in Coordinated Universal Time and Eastern Time
UTC is the world's reference time and does not observe daylight saving. US Eastern Time uses EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
Frequently asked questions
Does daylight saving change the UTC to EST difference?
UTC never changes for daylight saving, so the difference changes when US Eastern clocks change in March and November.
Which time zone database is used?
Your browser's built-in copy of the IANA time zone database, which is updated with browser releases.
More time zones
See all- Time Zone ConverterConvert any time between any two zones.
- CST to ESTCentral Time to Eastern Time, with DST handled.
- EST to PSTEastern Time to Pacific Time, with DST handled.
- EST to CSTEastern Time to Central Time, with DST handled.
- PST to CSTPacific Time to Central Time, with DST handled.
- MST to ESTMountain Time to Eastern Time, with DST handled.
- CST to PSTCentral Time to Pacific Time, with DST handled.
- EST to GMTEastern Time to Greenwich Mean Time, with DST handled.