8 30 Eastern Standard Time (2024)

FAQs

What is 8am EST in my timezone? ›

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Starting off with EST, this stands for Eastern Standard Time. EST is five hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. You will see this written out as UTC-05:00. This means that while it might be 5 a.m. on the International Space Station which follows UTC, it would be midnight in places that follow EST.

During daylight saving, which starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November, the time is moved forward by one hour. This means that EDT is ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) by one hour. So, if you want to convert EDT to Central Daylight Time (CDT), you subtract one hour.

The term Eastern Time (ET) is often used to denote the local time in areas observing either Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) or Eastern Standard Time (EST). In other words, in locations observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) during part of the year, Eastern Time is not static but switches between EDT and EST.

The U.S. Eastern Standard Time zone consists of: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

RMA follows the AP style when presenting time zones. When spelled out, designations of time zones begin with capitals: Eastern Time (ET); Central Time (CT); Mountain Time (MT); Pacific Time (PT); Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Time zone abbreviations use all capitals.

Eastern Standard Time (EST or ET)

America's time zone is colloquially known as Eastern Time. Eastern Time or ET is the catch-all term for Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Daylight Saving Time (which we will get to a minute).

What is EST hour? ›

EST stands for Eastern Standard Time. It is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The EST time zone gets used during standard time in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. EST is often called Eastern Time Zone.

Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).

Places like Hawaii (GMT-10) or Alaska (GMT-9 during standard time, GMT-8 during daylight saving time) will be behind California. Many Pacific islands and parts of Russia also have time zones that are earlier than California.

Is Pacific time 3 hours behind Eastern time? Yes, Pacific Standard Time (PST) is three hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST). Each time zone in the US moving west from EST moves back by one hour; 4pm EST is 3pm CST, 2pm MST, and 1pm PST.

Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 1 hour ahead of Central Standard Time (CST). To convert EST to CST, you have to subtract one hour. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Standard Time (MST). To convert EST to MST, you have to subtract two hours.

California Is in the Pacific Time Zone

California uses Pacific Standard Time (PST) during standard time and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during Daylight Saving Time (DST).