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EDT: Eastern Daylight Time

EDT is UTC−4: 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. The eastern United States and Canada from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November.

Current time at UTC−4
EDT10:08 AMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed EDT offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is EDT in use right now?

New York switches between EDT and EST during the year.

Next change in New York: Sunday, November 1, 2026, to UTC−5 (EST). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−4ISO 8601: -04:00
Type
Daylight (summer) time
Winter counterpart
EST · UTC−5
Example IANA zone
America/New_York

Where and when EDT is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn EDT (UTC−4)
New YorkAmerica/New_YorkMar 8 – Nov 1
TorontoAmerica/TorontoMar 8 – Nov 1

EDT conversion table

Every hour of the day in EDT, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

EDT (UTC−4)UTC (UTC+0)PDT (UTC−7)BST (UTC+1)CEST (UTC+2)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)
12:00 AM4:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day5:00 AM6:00 AM9:30 AM1:00 PM
1:00 AM5:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day6:00 AM7:00 AM10:30 AM2:00 PM
2:00 AM6:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day7:00 AM8:00 AM11:30 AM3:00 PM
3:00 AM7:00 AM12:00 AM8:00 AM9:00 AM12:30 PM4:00 PM
4:00 AM8:00 AM1:00 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM1:30 PM5:00 PM
5:00 AM9:00 AM2:00 AM10:00 AM11:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM
6:00 AM10:00 AM3:00 AM11:00 AM12:00 PM3:30 PM7:00 PM
7:00 AM11:00 AM4:00 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM4:30 PM8:00 PM
8:00 AM12:00 PM5:00 AM1:00 PM2:00 PM5:30 PM9:00 PM
9:00 AM1:00 PM6:00 AM2:00 PM3:00 PM6:30 PM10:00 PM
10:00 AM2:00 PM7:00 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM7:30 PM11:00 PM
11:00 AM3:00 PM8:00 AM4:00 PM5:00 PM8:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
12:00 PM4:00 PM9:00 AM5:00 PM6:00 PM9:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
1:00 PM5:00 PM10:00 AM6:00 PM7:00 PM10:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
2:00 PM6:00 PM11:00 AM7:00 PM8:00 PM11:30 PM3:00 AMnext day
3:00 PM7:00 PM12:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM12:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day
4:00 PM8:00 PM1:00 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM1:30 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM9:00 PM2:00 PM10:00 PM11:00 PM2:30 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM10:00 PM3:00 PM11:00 PM12:00 AMnext day3:30 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM11:00 PM4:00 PM12:00 AMnext day1:00 AMnext day4:30 AMnext day8:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM12:00 AMnext day5:00 PM1:00 AMnext day2:00 AMnext day5:30 AMnext day9:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM1:00 AMnext day6:00 PM2:00 AMnext day3:00 AMnext day6:30 AMnext day10:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM2:00 AMnext day7:00 PM3:00 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day7:30 AMnext day11:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM3:00 AMnext day8:00 PM4:00 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day8:30 AMnext day12:00 PMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in EDT.

What to know about EDT

EDT is UTC−4. It covers about eight months of the year, so it is the Eastern Time that most summer and autumn meetings actually use.

US clocks change at 2:00 am local time, not at a shared UTC instant, so Eastern Time switches one hour before Central Time and three hours before Pacific Time.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

Popular conversions

Local time in cities that use EDT

Other time zone abbreviations

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CETCentral European TimeUTC+1CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC−8PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC−7ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11