EST to AKST Converter
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours ahead of Alaska Daylight Time
11:30 pm23:30 in EDT is 7:30 pm19:30 in AKDT
EST to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-2pm in AKST
11:30 pm23:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
11:30 pm23:30 EDT / 7:30 pm19:30 AKDT
EDT | AKDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 8pm |
1am | 9pm |
2am | 10pm |
3am | 11pm |
4am | 12am (midnight) |
5am | 1am |
6am | 2am |
7am | 3am |
8am | 4am |
9am | 5am |
10am | 6am |
11am | 7am |
12pm (noon) | 8am |
1pm | 9am |
2pm | 10am |
3pm | 11am |
4pm | 12pm (noon) |
5pm | 1pm |
6pm | 2pm |
7pm | 3pm |
8pm | 4pm |
9pm | 5pm |
10pm | 6pm |
11pm | 7pm |
0:00 | 20:00 |
1:00 | 21:00 |
2:00 | 22:00 |
3:00 | 23:00 |
4:00 | 0:00 |
5:00 | 1:00 |
6:00 | 2:00 |
7:00 | 3:00 |
8:00 | 4:00 |
9:00 | 5:00 |
10:00 | 6:00 |
11:00 | 7:00 |
12:00 | 8:00 |
13:00 | 9:00 |
14:00 | 10:00 |
15:00 | 11:00 |
16:00 | 12:00 |
17:00 | 13:00 |
18:00 | 14:00 |
19:00 | 15:00 |
20:00 | 16:00 |
21:00 | 17:00 |
22:00 | 18:00 |
23:00 | 19:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Alaska Standard Time
Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST timezone is Anchorage from USA with population about 291,826 people. Other major cities in the area are Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
AKST representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Anchorage
- America/Juneau
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Nome
- America/Sitka
- America/Yakutat
- US/Alaska
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone