UTC to EST
Convert Coordinated Universal Time time (UTC) to New York time (EST). DST-aware via IANA. Live, free, no signup.
Converting UTC to EST
Converting time from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, Reference) to EST (New York, US East) means adjusting for the offset between the two zones — and that offset can shift by an hour twice a year because Coordinated Universal Time and New York may observe Daylight Saving Time on different schedules. The converter below uses the IANA time-zone database (
UTC ↔ America/New_York), which carries the full DST history and ruleset. Type a time in either side, pick the date, and the matching local time on the other side updates with the correct offset for that exact day. Need to compare more than these two zones? Open the full Time Zone Converter to add up to 6 zones at once, or use the Unix Timestamp Converter for epoch-to-date arithmetic across zones.Date
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Zones
UTC · Coordinated Universal Time
GMT+0Mon, 2026-05-11
EST · New York
GMT-4Mon, 2026-05-11
24-hour overlap
| Zone | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| America/New_York | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
How to use this tool
- 1Set the dateDST rules differ between Coordinated Universal Time and New York; pick the date you're converting for.
- 2Type the UTC timeEnter the time you have in UTC (or click "Set to now" for the current moment).
- 3Read the EST timeThe EST row updates instantly with the correct local time and offset tag.
- 4Find a shared work hourScroll to the 24-hour overlap grid — highlighted columns are 9-to-5 in both zones.
