# Eastern Time (EST) is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time right now Eastern Time 9:09 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Coordinated Universal Time 1:09 PM UTC Monday, October 26, 2026 To convert EST to UTC, add 4 hours. To convert UTC 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 UTC. 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)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) 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 - UTC Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) 1:00 PM UTC In work hours × Copy resultsCopy link 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. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM New York (from) UTC 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 UTC. 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 UTC In EST In UTC At work 12:00 AM 4:00 AM Neither at work 1:00 AM 5:00 AM Neither at work 2:00 AM 6:00 AM Neither at work 3:00 AM 7:00 AM Neither at work 4:00 AM 8:00 AM Neither at work 5:00 AM 9:00 AM UTC at work 6:00 AM 10:00 AM UTC at work 7:00 AM 11:00 AM UTC at work 8:00 AM 12:00 PM UTC at work 9:00 AMNow 1:00 PM Both at work 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Both at work 11:00 AM 3:00 PM Both at work 12:00 PM 4:00 PM Both at work 1:00 PM 5:00 PM EST at work 2:00 PM 6:00 PM EST at work 3:00 PM 7:00 PM EST at work 4:00 PM 8:00 PM EST at work 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Neither at work 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Neither at work 7:00 PM 11:00 PM Neither at work 8:00 PM 12:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 9:00 PM 1:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 10:00 PM 2:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 11:00 PM 3:00 AM+1 day Neither at work ## A team split between ET and UTC 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 UTC). _Figure: A day on EST clocks with EST and UTC working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share 4 hours._ One day on EST clocks, with the same moments read on UTC 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 UTC moves between 4 hours and 5 hours during the year. Coordinated Universal 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 UTC through 2026 and 2027, coloured by size: 4 hours, 5 hours._ Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between EST and UTC. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Eastern Time and Coordinated Universal 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. 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 UTC for Coordinated Universal 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. UTC is the world's reference time, the zero point every other zone is measured from, and it never changes with the seasons. ## These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too. - [UTC to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/utc-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 CET](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cet) 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 UTC, answered. What is 9 AM EST in UTC? 9:00 AM EST is 1:00 PM UTC, and 5:00 PM EST is 9:00 PM UTC. From Sunday, November 1, 2026 the gap is 5 hours, so 9:00 AM EST is 2:00 PM UTC. What is the time difference between EST and UTC? Eastern Time (EST) is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The gap between EST and UTC moves between 4 hours and 5 hours during the year. Coordinated Universal 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 UTC the same as GMT? For setting a clock, yes: both are UTC+0 and neither changes with the seasons. UTC is the standard that time services keep, and GMT is the older name, which is also the time London uses in winter. What is a good time for a meeting between EST and UTC? 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM UTC) 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. ## 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