Eastern Time (EST/EDT)

View current time in the Eastern Time Zone (USA and Canada)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules and GMT/UTC time difference

View current Eastern Time, compare it with your local time

Eastern Time

11:54:23

Oct 20, 2026 EDT (DST)

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Local

16:54:23

Oct 20, 2026 GMT+1 (DST)

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USA & Canada clocks are currently on Daylight Saving Time (GMT-5).

DST ends in 13 days on Monday, 2 November 2026.

Current time in the Pacific, Central and Mountain time zones

PDT

08:54

Tue, 20 Oct PDT (DST)

MDT

09:54

Tue, 20 Oct MDT (DST)

CDT

10:54

Tue, 20 Oct CDT (DST)

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What is Eastern Time?

Eastern Time (ET) is the name of a time zone 5 hours (GMT-5) behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It is also referred to as EST (Eastern Standard Time). When Daylight Saving Time (DST)period starts, the time difference becomes 4 hours (GMT-4) and the name of the time zone switches to EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).