Current EST time

Some locations are observed EST while the others are on daylight savings time/summer time. May be you should see Eastern Time instead.
DST observation ends on Sunday 05 November 2023, 02:00

What is Eastern Standard Time

EST timing

EST (Eastern Standard Time) is one of the well-known names of UTC-5 time zone which is 5h. behind of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).The time offset from UTC can be written as -05:00.

It's used during the winter. During the summer EDT - Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) is in use.

Some locations use EST all year long.

Time difference to GMT/UTC

5 hours behind (UTC-05)

Related timezone

EDT - Eastern Daylight Time, ET - Eastern Time

Iana Timezones where EST is currently observed

America/Atikokan	America/Cancun
America/Cayman	America/Jamaica
America/Panama	America/Santo_Domingo

Other Time Zones in UTC-05

Abbreviation	Name
ACT	Acre Time
CDT	Central Daylight Time
COT	Colombia Time
CST	Cuba Standard Time
EASST	Easter Island Summer Time
ECT	Ecuador Time
PET	Peru Time

What is Eastern Standard Time: abbreviation, main facts, offsets, and other information about the time zone.