EST to UTC converter
Eastern Time (EST) is typically 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Eastern Time → Coordinated Universal Time, hour by hour below.
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Eastern Time (EST) is UTC−5 and observes daylight saving (EDT, UTC−4, roughly March–November). It covers New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is UTC+0 with no daylight saving. It covers the global reference used in aviation, computing and science.
Coordinated Universal Time is typically 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year.
Time difference between Eastern Time and Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time is typically 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year. Put the other way around: coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is typically 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time (EST). The table above shows the difference hour by hour using today's actual offsets.
Best time to call Coordinated Universal Time from Eastern Time
Office hours overlap for about 3 hours a day: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM in Eastern Time is 2:00 PM–5:00 PM in Coordinated Universal Time. Book calls inside this window and nobody is out of hours. Daylight saving can shift these times by an hour at some points in the year.
EST to UTC, hour by hour
Today's actual offsets. Rows where both zones are inside 9am–5pm working hours are highlighted.