EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT -5
RMT
GMT +0:49

Time Difference

Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours and 49.93333333333336 minutes behind
10:00 am10:00 in EST is 3:49 pm15:49 in RMT

EST to RMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12:10.066666666666642pm in EST which corresponds to 1:49.93333333333336pm-6pm in RMT

10:00 am10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:49 pm15:49 (RMT). Offset UTC +0:49 hours

10:00 am10:00 EST / 3:49 pm15:49 RMT

EST RMT
12am (midnight) 5:49 am
1am 6:49 am
2am 7:49 am
3am 8:49 am
4am 9:49 am
5am 10:49 am
6am 11:49 am
7am 12:49 pm
8am 1:49 pm
9am 2:49 pm
10am 3:49 pm
11am 4:49 pm
12pm (noon) 5:49 pm
1pm 6:49 pm
2pm 7:49 pm
3pm 8:49 pm
4pm 9:49 pm
5pm 10:49 pm
6pm 11:49 pm
7pm 12:49 am
8pm 1:49 am
9pm 2:49 am
10pm 3:49 am
11pm 4:49 am
0:00 5:49
1:00 6:49
2:00 7:49
3:00 8:49
4:00 9:49
5:00 10:49
6:00 11:49
7:00 12:49
8:00 13:49
9:00 14:49
10:00 15:49
11:00 16:49
12:00 17:49
13:00 18:49
14:00 19:49
15:00 20:49
16:00 21:49
17:00 22:49
18:00 23:49
19:00 0:49
20:00 1:49
21:00 2:49
22:00 3:49
23:00 4:49

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST 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
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 EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
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

RMT

Offset: RMT is 0 hours and 49.93333333333333 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

RMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0050 - basic
  • +00:50 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0049 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (49) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and forty-nine minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.