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UTC to EST Converter

Pick a date and a UTC time to see the time in New York, Washington, Atlanta or Toronto. The converter knows whether the East Coast is on EST or EDT on that date.

Coordinated Universal Time

UTCCoordinated Universal Time

ESTEastern Time

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UTC
Also called Coordinated Universal Time · Z · Zulu
The world's reference clock, computed by the BIPM from atomic clocks and never shifted for daylight saving. US Eastern Time is 5 hours behind it in winter (EST) and 4 hours behind in summer (EDT).

UTC to Eastern Time table

UTC timeUTC · ESTUTC · EDT
12:00 AM7:00 PM−1 previous day8:00 PM−1 previous day
1:00 AM8:00 PM−1 previous day9:00 PM−1 previous day
2:00 AM9:00 PM−1 previous day10:00 PM−1 previous day
3:00 AM10:00 PM−1 previous day11:00 PM−1 previous day
4:00 AM11:00 PM−1 previous day12:00 AM
5:00 AM12:00 AM1:00 AM
6:00 AM1:00 AM2:00 AM
7:00 AM2:00 AM3:00 AM
8:00 AM3:00 AM4:00 AM
9:00 AM4:00 AM5:00 AM
10:00 AM5:00 AM6:00 AM
11:00 AM6:00 AM7:00 AM
12:00 PM7:00 AM8:00 AM
1:00 PM8:00 AM9:00 AM
2:00 PM9:00 AM10:00 AM
3:00 PM10:00 AM11:00 AM
4:00 PM11:00 AM12:00 PM
5:00 PM12:00 PM1:00 PM
6:00 PM1:00 PM2:00 PM
7:00 PM2:00 PM3:00 PM
8:00 PM3:00 PM4:00 PM
9:00 PM4:00 PM5:00 PM
10:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM
11:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM
Each UTC hour with the New York time in winter and in summer. Rows before 05:00 UTC (04:00 in summer) are on the previous day in New York.

Turning timestamps into New York time

Many services show times in UTC: cloud dashboards, status pages, API responses, flight data and broadcast schedules. To read one in New York, subtract 5 hours in winter and 4 in summer. A status note posted at 14:20 UTC on a July day went up at 10:20 AM EDT.

Watch the date when the UTC hour is small. 02:00 UTC on Friday is 9:00 PM Thursday in New York during EST, or 10:00 PM Thursday during EDT.

The two Eastern seasons

The US East Coast goes to EDT at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday of March, 07:00 UTC, and returns to EST at 2:00 AM EDT on the first Sunday of November, 06:00 UTC, under rules overseen by the US Department of Transportation. UTC itself, maintained by the BIPM, has no seasons.

  1. Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 8, 2026UTC UTC+0 · EST UTC−5Difference: −5 h
  2. Mar 8, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026UTC UTC+0 · EDT UTC−4Difference: −4 h
  3. Nov 1, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027UTC UTC+0 · EST UTC−5Difference: −5 h
  4. Mar 14, 2027 – Nov 7, 2027UTC UTC+0 · EDT UTC−4Difference: −4 h
  5. Nov 7, 2027 – Dec 31, 2027UTC UTC+0 · EST UTC−5Difference: −5 h

Offsets in 2026 – 2027, from the IANA time zone data in your browser's engine

Getting it right

Do

  • Write times for a global audience in UTC and add New York time in brackets: 16:00 UTC (12:00 PM EDT).
  • Say ET when you mean whatever New York's clock reads.

Avoid

  • Subtracting 5 hours in July; it is 4 in summer.
  • Labeling a summer time as EST; the correct label is EDT.

The Washington, DC and Toronto clocks show Eastern Time live. Going the other way, use EST to UTC; for the West Coast, UTC to PST.

UTC to EST questions

How many hours behind UTC is New York?

New York is 5 hours behind UTC on EST, from early November to mid-March, and 4 hours behind on EDT.

What is 15:00 UTC in Eastern Time?

15:00 UTC is 10:00 AM EST or 11:00 AM EDT.

When is midnight UTC in New York?

Midnight UTC is 7:00 PM EST or 8:00 PM EDT on the previous evening.

Is EST UTC−5 all year?

EST itself is always UTC−5, but New York uses it only in winter. In summer the city is on EDT, UTC−4.

What time is 13:30 UTC in Toronto?

It is 8:30 AM in Toronto in winter and 9:30 AM in summer, the same as New York.