# Eastern Time (EST) is 12 hours behind Philippine Time (PHT). The time right now Eastern Time 9:08 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Philippine Time 9:08 PM PHT Monday, October 26, 2026 To convert EST to PHT, add 12 hours. To convert PHT to EST, subtract 12 hours. Difference 12 hours Next change Nov 1, 2026 Work overlap None ## Change the date or the time to convert any moment from EST to PHT. Date Time From time zoneEastern Time (ET)Central Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) The zone the time above is in. Daylight saving is applied for the date you pick. Add a time zoneChoose a zone to addCentral Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) Up to 12 zones. Remove one with the × beside it. New York · Eastern Time (ET) 9:00 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter The same moment on other clocks - Manila Philippines 9:00 PM UTC+8 After 5 PM × Copy resultsCopy link Working hours in common No hour of this day is inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock in the list. 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. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM New York (from) Manila Everyone at work See which of your own people may be leaving, before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) ## Here is every hour of the day in EST and the same moment in PHT. 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 PHT In EST In PHT At work 12:00 AM 12:00 PM PHT at work 1:00 AM 1:00 PM PHT at work 2:00 AM 2:00 PM PHT at work 3:00 AM 3:00 PM PHT at work 4:00 AM 4:00 PM PHT at work 5:00 AM 5:00 PM Neither at work 6:00 AM 6:00 PM Neither at work 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Neither at work 8:00 AM 8:00 PM Neither at work 9:00 AMNow 9:00 PM EST at work 10:00 AM 10:00 PM EST at work 11:00 AM 11:00 PM EST at work 12:00 PM 12:00 AM+1 day EST at work 1:00 PM 1:00 AM+1 day EST at work 2:00 PM 2:00 AM+1 day EST at work 3:00 PM 3:00 AM+1 day EST at work 4:00 PM 4:00 AM+1 day EST at work 5:00 PM 5:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 6:00 PM 6:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 7:00 PM 7:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 8:00 PM 8:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 9:00 PM 9:00 AM+1 day PHT at work 10:00 PM 10:00 AM+1 day PHT at work 11:00 PM 11:00 AM+1 day PHT at work ## A team split between ET and Manila is never at work together between 9 AM and 5 PM. Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, the two zones are never at work at the same moment, so a meeting means an early start or a late finish on one side. _Figure: A day on EST clocks with EST and PHT working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share no hours._ One day on EST clocks, with the same moments read on PHT clocks underneath. A team spread across two time zones has fewer chances to notice someone drifting away. TeamPredict reads public LinkedIn signals to flag resignation risk early, wherever people work. ## The gap between EST and PHT moves between 12 hours and 13 hours during the year. Philippine Time never changes its clocks, but the United States does, so the gap moves by an hour each time Eastern Time moves. _Figure: The gap between EST and PHT through 2026 and 2027, coloured by size: 12 hours, 13 hours._ Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between EST and PHT. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Eastern Time and Philippine Time in 2026 and 2027 Date What changes Gap after Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. 12 hours Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. 13 hours Sunday, March 14, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. 12 hours Sunday, November 7, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. 13 hours ## EST stands for Eastern Time and PHT for Philippine 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. Philippine Time is UTC+8 all year, and this page follows Manila. The Philippines does not change its clocks. ## These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too. - [PHT to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/pht-to-est) - [EST to PST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-pst) - [EST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cst) - [EST to MST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-mst) - [EST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-ist) - [EST to GMT](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-gmt) - [EST to UTC](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-utc) The [time zone converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter) reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the [military time converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/military-time-converter) turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the [time duration calculator](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-duration-calculator) measures the hours between two moments. ## Here are four questions about EST to PHT, answered. What is 9 AM EST in PHT? 9:00 AM EST is 9:00 PM PHT, and 5:00 PM EST is 5:00 AM PHT the next day. From Sunday, November 1, 2026 the gap is 13 hours, so 9:00 AM EST is 10:00 PM PHT. What is the time difference between EST and PHT? Eastern Time (EST) is 12 hours behind Philippine Time (PHT). The gap between EST and PHT moves between 12 hours and 13 hours during the year. Philippine 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 13 hours on Sunday, November 1, 2026 and then 12 hours on Sunday, March 14, 2027. Does the Philippines change its clocks? No. Philippine Time stays at UTC+8 all year, so the gap to Eastern Time only moves when the United States moves its clocks. 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 PHT? No time is inside 9 AM to 5 PM on both clocks. With an early start or a late finish (7 AM to 9 PM on both sides) there are 2 hours: 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM EST (7:00 PM to 9:00 PM PHT). ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. TeamPredict flags resignation risk early from public LinkedIn signals, giving you lead time to retain your best people before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) No charge today · Cancel anytime