EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
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EST is not used on this date
This converter uses EDT (GMT -4), the offset New York uses on this date. Open the EDT converter.
LHST/LHDT
Lord Howe Standard Time
GMT +10:30
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LHDT is not used on May 19, 2026

This converter uses LHST for Lord Howe Island.

Compare EST time with LHDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 14 hours and 30 minutes behind Lord Howe Standard Time
9:00 pm21:00 in EDT is 11:30 am11:30 in LHST

EDT to LHST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm in EDT which corresponds to 8am-9am in LHST (next day)

9:00 pm21:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST). Offset UTC +10:30 hours

9:00 pm21:00 EDT / 11:30 am11:30 LHST

EDTLHST
12am (midnight)2:30 pm
1am3:30 pm
2am4:30 pm
3am5:30 pm
4am6:30 pm
5am7:30 pm
6am8:30 pm
7am9:30 pm
8am10:30 pm
9am11:30 pm
10am12:30 am
11am1:30 am
12pm (noon)2:30 am
1pm3:30 am
2pm4:30 am
3pm5:30 am
4pm6:30 am
5pm7:30 am
6pm8:30 am
7pm9:30 am
8pm10:30 am
9pm11:30 am
10pm12:30 pm
11pm1:30 pm
00:0014:30
01:0015:30
02:0016:30
03:0017:30
04:0018:30
05:0019:30
06:0020:30
07:0021:30
08:0022:30
09:0023:30
10:0000:30
11:0001:30
12:0002:30
13:0003:30
14:0004:30
15:0005:30
16:0006:30
17:0007:30
18:0008:30
19:0009:30
20:0010:30
21:0011:30
22:0012:30
23:0013:30

Eastern Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is Kingston in Jamaica, with about 937,700 people. Other major cities in this time zone include New Kingston, Cancun, Panama, San Miguelito.

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 time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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 an offset of five hours 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

Lord Howe Daylight Time

Offset: LHDT is 11 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Daylight Saving: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST).

End: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) ended on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 1:30 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

Start: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) starts on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October

LHDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for LHDT
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
  • BST - Bougainville Standard Time
  • KOST - Kosrae Time
  • L - Lima Time Zone
  • LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
  • MAGT - Magadan Time
  • NCT - New Caledonia Time
  • NFT - Norfolk Time
  • PETT - Kamchatka Time
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon IslandsTime
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time