EST to UTC converter

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.

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.