IANA Name: EST5EDT
Standard Offset: UTC −05:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC −04:00
DST Abbreviation: EDT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — EST5EDT
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The current local time in EST5EDT is 12:53:27. EST5EDT is currently UTC-05:00. Compare with all major time zones.
EST5EDT is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — EST5EDT observes DST. In standard time it is EST UTC-05:00; during DST it switches to EDT UTC-04:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Use the time zone converter to translate between EST5EDT and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.