EST to NST Converter
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 1 hours and 30 minutes behind Newfoundland Daylight Time
4:30 pm16:30 in EDT is 6:00 pm18:00 in NDT
EST to NST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4:30pm in EST which corresponds to 9:30am-6pm in NST
4:30 pm16:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours
4:30 pm16:30 EDT / 6:00 pm18:00 NDT
EDT | NDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 1:30 am |
1am | 2:30 am |
2am | 3:30 am |
3am | 4:30 am |
4am | 5:30 am |
5am | 6:30 am |
6am | 7:30 am |
7am | 8:30 am |
8am | 9:30 am |
9am | 10:30 am |
10am | 11:30 am |
11am | 12:30 pm |
12pm (noon) | 1:30 pm |
1pm | 2:30 pm |
2pm | 3:30 pm |
3pm | 4:30 pm |
4pm | 5:30 pm |
5pm | 6:30 pm |
6pm | 7:30 pm |
7pm | 8:30 pm |
8pm | 9:30 pm |
9pm | 10:30 pm |
10pm | 11:30 pm |
11pm | 12:30 am |
0:00 | 1:30 |
1:00 | 2:30 |
2:00 | 3:30 |
3:00 | 4:30 |
4:00 | 5:30 |
5:00 | 6:30 |
6:00 | 7:30 |
7:00 | 8:30 |
8:00 | 9:30 |
9:00 | 10:30 |
10:00 | 11:30 |
11:00 | 12:30 |
12:00 | 13:30 |
13:00 | 14:30 |
14:00 | 15:30 |
15:00 | 16:30 |
16:00 | 17:30 |
17:00 | 18:30 |
18:00 | 19:30 |
19:00 | 20:30 |
20:00 | 21:30 |
21:00 | 22:30 |
22:00 | 23:30 |
23:00 | 0:30 |
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
Newfoundland Standard Time
Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST timezone is St Johns from Canada with population about 99,182 people. Other major cities in the area are Mount Pearl, Corner Brook, Conception Bay South
French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

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 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).
End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) 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: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) 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.
NST representations, usage and related time zones
- -0330 - basic
- -03:30 - extended
- -0330 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates three hour and thirty minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- America/St_Johns
- Canada/Newfoundland