EST – Eastern Standard Time
Current EST time
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UTC−5
Quick facts
- Full name
- Eastern Standard Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5
- Daylight-saving counterpart
- EDT – Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Cities in this zone
Eastern Standard Time (EST) is UTC−5. The clock above always shows EST itself — a fixed offset, independent of any daylight-saving switch.
Regions using this zone move their clocks with the seasons between EST and EDT — the linked city pages always show what applies locally right now.