UTC to EST

About UTC to EST

This page converts Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to Eastern Time (ET). Pick a date and time, and the answer appears at once. Below it, a table shows every hour of that day.

ET is 5 hours behind UTC in winter, and 4 hours behind in summer, while the US is on daylight saving time. For example, 9:00 AM UTC is 4:00 AM EST in winter and 5:00 AM EDT in summer.

UTC is the time in no city — it is the world's reference time, used by servers, pilots, scientists and the news. ET is the time in New York, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Boston and Toronto.

The converter uses your browser's own time zone data, so daylight saving is handled for you — always right for the date you pick, in the past or the future.

Features

• One big answer — "9:00 AM UTC → 4:00 AM EST" style, with "next day" when the date changes
• Any date and time — the right offset for that day, summer or winter
• Every hour of the day — a live table for the date you pick, your hour highlighted
• Swap — one tap turns it into EST to UTC
• Add more zones — compare London, Tokyo or any other city at the same time
• Now — starts from the current time in UTC

UTC to EST time table

The difference changes when one side is on daylight saving time, so the table has a winter and a summer column. For one exact date, use the live table above.

Common times

• 9:00 AM UTC is 4:00 AM EST in winter and 5:00 AM EDT in summer
• 12:00 PM UTC is 7:00 AM EST in winter and 8:00 AM EDT in summer
• 5:00 PM UTC is 12:00 PM EST in winter and 1:00 PM EDT in summer
• 8:00 PM UTC is 3:00 PM EST in winter and 4:00 PM EDT in summer

Daylight saving time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, UTC+0) has no daylight saving time. It stays the same all year.

Eastern Time uses EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. The US clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November: March 8, 2026 to November 1, 2026, and March 14, 2027 to November 7, 2027.

Good to know

• EST or ET? Strictly, EST is only the winter time of the US East Coast; in summer it is EDT. Many people say "EST" all year when they mean "East Coast time". This page uses the real clock time for the date you pick, so the answer is right either way.
• UTC and GMT show the same clock time. UTC is the modern standard used by computers, aviation and science; it never changes for daylight saving.
• Planning a meeting? Pick the date and time, then add the other cities of the people you meet with. Everyone's time shows in one list.
• The answer comes from your device's time zone data. Nothing is sent anywhere.

How to use it

• The time is set to now in UTC — change the date and time to the one you need
• Read the answer in the big box: the time in ET
• Look at the table for every hour of that day
• Press Swap to convert EST to UTC instead
• Add more time zones from the list to compare other cities

Frequently asked questions

How many hours between UTC and EST?

ET is 5 hours behind UTC in winter, and 4 hours behind in summer, while the US is on daylight saving time.

What is 9:00 AM UTC in EST?

9:00 AM UTC is 4:00 AM EST in winter and 5:00 AM EDT in summer.

Does daylight saving change UTC to EST?

Yes. ET is 5 hours behind UTC in winter, and 4 hours behind in summer, while the US is on daylight saving time. The converter shows the right time for the date you pick.

Is UTC the same as GMT?

For the clock time, yes: both are UTC+0 and neither changes for daylight saving. UTC is the exact modern standard used by computers and aviation; GMT is the older name.

Related tools

• EST to UTC — the other way round
• Time Zone Converter — any time zone to many others at once
• World Clock — the time now in cities around the world
• EST to PST — Eastern Time to Pacific Time
• PST to EST — Pacific Time to Eastern Time
• GMT to EST — Greenwich Mean Time to Eastern Time
• EST to IST — Eastern Time to India Standard Time
• UTC to PST — Coordinated Universal Time to Pacific Time
• CET to EST — Central European Time to Eastern Time