Eastern Time (EST) is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Time (MST).
The time right now
Eastern Time
8:41 AM
EDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
Mountain Time
6:41 AM
MDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
To convert EST to MST, subtract 2 hours. To convert MST to EST, add 2 hours.
- Difference
- 2 hours
- Next change
- Never
- Work overlap
- 6 hours
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New York · Eastern Time (ET)
9:00 AM EDT
Monday, October 26, 2026
The same moment on other clocks
Denver
Mountain Time (MT)
7:00 AM MDT
Before 9 AM
Working hours in common
6 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 11:00 AM to 5:00 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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Start 30-Day Free TrialHere is every hour of the day in EST and the same moment in MST.
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.
| In EST | In MST | At work |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 PM-1 day | Neither at work |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 PM-1 day | Neither at work |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 8:00 AMNow | 6:00 AM | Neither at work |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM | EST at work |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM | EST at work |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Both at work |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM | Both at work |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM | Both at work |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM | Both at work |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Both at work |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Both at work |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM | MST at work |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 PM | MST at work |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Neither at work |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Neither at work |
A team split between ET and MT is at work together for 6 hours a day.
Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM MST).
EST at work, 9 AM to 5 PM
MST at work, 9 AM to 5 PM
Both at work: 6 hours
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The gap between EST and MST stays at 2 hours all year.
Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds.
- 2 hours apart
These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027.
| Date | What changes | Gap after |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 8, 2026 |
| 2 hours |
| Sunday, November 1, 2026 |
| 2 hours |
| Sunday, March 14, 2027 |
| 2 hours |
| Sunday, November 7, 2027 |
| 2 hours |
EST stands for Eastern Time and MST for Mountain 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.
Mountain Time is MST (UTC−7) in winter and MDT (UTC−6) in summer, and this page follows Denver, which changes its clocks. Most of Arizona stays on MST all year. The clock reads MDT 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.
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 MST, answered.
- What is 9 AM EST in MST?
- 9:00 AM EST is 7:00 AM MST, and 5:00 PM EST is 3:00 PM MST.
- What is the time difference between EST and MST?
- Eastern Time (EST) is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Time (MST). The gap between EST and MST stays at 2 hours all year. Both zones are in the United States and move their clocks on the same two Sundays, so the gap holds. The next clock change is Sunday, November 1, 2026.
- Does the gap between EST and MST ever change?
- Only briefly. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, each zone moves at 2:00 AM by its own clock, so for 2 hours the gap is 1 hour instead of 2 hours. The rest of the year it stays 2 hours. The United States moves its clocks on these days. In 2026: Mar 8 and Nov 1. In 2027: Mar 14 and Nov 7.
- What is a good time for a meeting between EST and MST?
- 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM MST) is 6 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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