EST time now
Monday, September 7, 2026
Eastern Standard Time.
- UTC offset
- UTC−5
- Time zone
- GMT-05:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Week
- 37
- Day of year
- 250 · 68%
- Moon
- 🌘 Waning crescent
- Unix time
- 1788831543
EST is the fixed winter offset, UTC−5. When daylight saving is active, the US East Coast is on EDT instead — see Eastern Time for the clock that follows the switch.
Time difference from EST
Los Angeles−2 hoursDenver−1 hourMexico City−1 hourChicago0New York+1 hourToronto+1 hourSão Paulo+2 hoursUTC+5 hoursLondon+6 hoursLagos+6 hoursParis+7 hoursJohannesburg+7 hoursCairo+8 hoursIstanbul+8 hoursMoscow+8 hoursDubai+9 hoursMumbai+10.5 hoursBangkok+12 hoursSingapore+13 hoursHong Kong+13 hoursTokyo+14 hoursSydney+15 hoursAuckland+17 hours