ET to EST Converter – Savvy Time
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
ET to EST call time Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-6pm in ET which corresponds to 8am-6pm in EST
Eastern Daylight Time is 0 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time 2:30 pm14:30 in EDT is 2:30 pm14:30 in EDT
Eastern Time
Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.
ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.
In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE – Heure Normale de l’Est
Spanish: ET – Tiempo del Este, ET – Zona Sureste
Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.
ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.
In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE – Heure Normale de l’Est
Spanish: ET – Tiempo del Este, ET – Zona Sureste
ET representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -05 – basic short
- -0500 – basic
- -05:00 – extended
International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0500 – sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Romeo – Military abbreviation for ET
- R – short form of ‘Romeo’
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- Eastern Time – UTC -5
- Tiempo del Este – UTC -5
- Ecuador Time – UTC -5
Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
- CDT – Central Daylight Time
- EST – Eastern Standard Time
- ET – Eastern Time
- COT – Colombia Time
- CST – Cuba Standard Time
- EASST – Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT – Ecuador Time
- PET – Peru Time
- R – Romeo Time Zone
