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Eastern Time (EST) is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The time right now

Eastern Time

8:41 AM

EDT

Monday, October 26, 2026

Greenwich Mean Time

12:41 PM

GMT

Monday, October 26, 2026

To convert EST to GMT, add 4 hours. To convert GMT to EST, subtract 4 hours.

Difference
4 hours
Next change
Nov 1, 2026
Work overlap
4 hours

Change the date or the time to convert any moment from EST to GMT.

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New York · Eastern Time (ET)

9:00 AM EDT

Monday, October 26, 2026

The same moment on other clocks

  • UTC

    Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

    1:00 PM UTC

    In work hours

Working hours in common

4 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM New York time.

Mon, Oct 26, 2026, midnight to midnight on New York time. Each bar shades 9 AM to 5 PM on that zone's own clock.

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Here is every hour of the day in EST and the same moment in GMT.

The green rows are the hours when both zones are inside 9 AM to 5 PM. The row marked Now is the hour it is in Eastern Time right now.

Each hour of the day in EST with the same moment in GMT
In ESTIn GMTAt work
12:00 AM4:00 AMNeither at work
1:00 AM5:00 AMNeither at work
2:00 AM6:00 AMNeither at work
3:00 AM7:00 AMNeither at work
4:00 AM8:00 AMNeither at work
5:00 AM9:00 AMGMT at work
6:00 AM10:00 AMGMT at work
7:00 AM11:00 AMGMT at work
8:00 AMNow12:00 PMGMT at work
9:00 AM1:00 PMBoth at work
10:00 AM2:00 PMBoth at work
11:00 AM3:00 PMBoth at work
12:00 PM4:00 PMBoth at work
1:00 PM5:00 PMEST at work
2:00 PM6:00 PMEST at work
3:00 PM7:00 PMEST at work
4:00 PM8:00 PMEST at work
5:00 PM9:00 PMNeither at work
6:00 PM10:00 PMNeither at work
7:00 PM11:00 PMNeither at work
8:00 PM12:00 AM+1 dayNeither at work
9:00 PM1:00 AM+1 dayNeither at work
10:00 PM2:00 AM+1 dayNeither at work
11:00 PM3:00 AM+1 dayNeither at work

A team split between ET and GMT is at work together for 4 hours a day.

Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM GMT).

One day on EST clocks, with the same moments read on GMT clocks underneath.

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The gap between EST and GMT moves between 4 hours and 5 hours during the year.

Greenwich Mean Time never changes its clocks, but the United States does, so the gap moves by an hour each time Eastern Time moves.

Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between EST and GMT.

These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027.

Clock changes of Eastern Time and Greenwich Mean Time in 2026 and 2027
DateWhat changesGap after
Sunday, March 8, 2026
  • Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT.
4 hours
Sunday, November 1, 2026
  • Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST.
5 hours
Sunday, March 14, 2027
  • Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT.
4 hours
Sunday, November 7, 2027
  • Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST.
5 hours

EST stands for Eastern Time and GMT for Greenwich Mean Time on this page.

Eastern Time is EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. People write EST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads EDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November.

GMT is UTC+0 all year and never changes. London uses GMT only in winter and moves to BST (UTC+1) in summer.

These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too.

The time zone converter reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the military time converter turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the time duration calculator measures the hours between two moments.

Here are four questions about EST to GMT, answered.

What is 9 AM EST in GMT?
9:00 AM EST is 1:00 PM GMT, and 5:00 PM EST is 9:00 PM GMT. From Sunday, November 1, 2026 the gap is 5 hours, so 9:00 AM EST is 2:00 PM GMT.
What is the time difference between EST and GMT?
Eastern Time (EST) is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The gap between EST and GMT moves between 4 hours and 5 hours during the year. Greenwich Mean Time never changes its clocks, but the United States does, so the gap moves by an hour each time Eastern Time moves. After today, it becomes 5 hours on Sunday, November 1, 2026 and then 4 hours on Sunday, March 14, 2027.
Is GMT the same as London time?
Only in winter. GMT is UTC+0 all year, while London moves to BST (UTC+1) in summer. London's clocks move on these days. In 2026: Mar 29 and Oct 25. In 2027: Mar 28 and Oct 31. For a London meeting in summer, use the BST to EST page.
What is a good time for a meeting between EST and GMT?
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM GMT) is 4 hours when both sides are inside 9 AM to 5 PM, so a meeting there starts and ends in everyone's normal day.

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