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What is AWST in EST?

Eastern Time is 13 hours behind

Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and Eastern Time is on UTC−5:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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EST — Eastern Time

3:00 am

EST, Sat

Time in Perth
4:18:45 PM
Time in New York
3:18:45 AM
Difference
−13 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Australian Western Standard Time and Eastern Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Eastern Time is 13 hours behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Eastern Time is 12 hours behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsEastern Time is 13 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Eastern Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EDT after that.

AWST to EST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Australian Western Standard Time to Eastern Time. 13 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New York, which is marked.

12:00 am AWST
11:00 am EST−1 day
1:00 am AWST
12:00 pm EST−1 day
2:00 am AWST
1:00 pm EST−1 day
3:00 am AWST
2:00 pm EST−1 day
4:00 am AWST
3:00 pm EST−1 day
5:00 am AWST
4:00 pm EST−1 day
6:00 am AWST
5:00 pm EST−1 day
7:00 am AWST
6:00 pm EST−1 day
8:00 am AWST
7:00 pm EST−1 day
9:00 am AWST
8:00 pm EST−1 day
10:00 am AWST
9:00 pm EST−1 day
11:00 am AWST
10:00 pm EST−1 day
12:00 pm AWST
11:00 pm EST−1 day
1:00 pm AWST
12:00 am EST
2:00 pm AWST
1:00 am EST
3:00 pm AWST
2:00 am EST
4:00 pm AWST
3:00 am EST
5:00 pm AWST
4:00 am EST
6:00 pm AWST
5:00 am EST
7:00 pm AWST
6:00 am EST
8:00 pm AWST
7:00 am EST
9:00 pm AWST
8:00 am EST
10:00 pm AWST
9:00 am EST
11:00 pm AWST
10:00 am EST

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Perth and one in New York — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Perth is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in New York.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

Eastern Time (EST) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast

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