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EST Time Now
Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5
Current
EST, EDT, and ET Explained
Eastern Standard Time (EST) | UTC-5 EST is a fixed offset and does not move forward for daylight saving time.
Eastern Time seasons: Eastern Standard Time (EST) | UTC-5 applies in standard time; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | UTC-4 applies during daylight saving time.
Eastern Time changes between EST and EDT. See the exact upcoming schedule on the Upcoming DST page.
12h|24h
CURRENT EST TIME
10:16:02am
July 16, 2026
UTC TIME NOW
03:16:02pm
Thursday, Jul 16
UTC+0
12h|24h
UTC Offset
UTC-5
DST Statusⓘ
Standard Time (mixed)
Observes DST:
Bahamas(America/Nassau), Canada(America/Iqaluit, America/Toronto), Haiti(America/Port-au-Prince), TC(America/Grand_Turk), United States(America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/Kentucky/Louisville, America/New_York)
IANA Zones
22
Major Cities Using EST
New York City
8,804,190
Toronto
2,794,356
Philadelphia
1,573,916
Ottawa
1,017,449
Kingston
937,700
Columbus
898,553
Washington
689,545
Boston
653,833
Atlanta
510,823
Miami
487,014
Raleigh
467,665
Richmond
226,610
Columbus
189,885
Alexandria
159,428
Springfield
153,060
Freeport
26,000
Negril
20,000
Abaco
17,000
Ocho Rios
10,000
Brooklyn
2,736,074
Other Time Zones in UTC-5
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as EST, but can be found under a different name:
Map of Time Zones Using EST
IANA Time Zone Identifiers
America/New_York
America/Cancun
America/Cayman
America/Coral_Harbour
America/Jamaica
America/Panama
America/Detroit
America/Grand_Turk
America/Indiana/Marengo
America/Indiana/Petersburg
America/Indiana/Vevay
America/Indiana/Vincennes
America/Indiana/Winamac
America/Indianapolis
America/Iqaluit
America/Kentucky/Monticello
America/Louisville
America/Nassau
America/Port-au-Prince
America/Toronto
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
America/Kentucky/Louisville
