What is EST in AST?
Atlantic Time is 1 hour ahead
Eastern Time is on UTC−4:00 and Atlantic Time is on UTC−3:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read EDT and ADT. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in New York
- 10:13 pm
- Time in Halifax
- 11:13 pm
- Difference
- +1 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
ADT — Atlantic Time
11:00 pm
Tue
Daylight saving
Eastern Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming EST.
Atlantic Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AST.
EST to AST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Eastern Time to Atlantic Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Halifax, which is marked.
- 12:00 am EDT
- 1:00 am ADT
- 1:00 am EDT
- 2:00 am ADT
- 2:00 am EDT
- 3:00 am ADT
- 3:00 am EDT
- 4:00 am ADT
- 4:00 am EDT
- 5:00 am ADT
- 5:00 am EDT
- 6:00 am ADT
- 6:00 am EDT
- 7:00 am ADT
- 7:00 am EDT
- 8:00 am ADT
- 8:00 am EDT
- 9:00 am ADT
- 9:00 am EDT
- 10:00 am ADT
- 10:00 am EDT
- 11:00 am ADT
- 11:00 am EDT
- 12:00 pm ADT
- 12:00 pm EDT
- 1:00 pm ADT
- 1:00 pm EDT
- 2:00 pm ADT
- 2:00 pm EDT
- 3:00 pm ADT
- 3:00 pm EDT
- 4:00 pm ADT
- 4:00 pm EDT
- 5:00 pm ADT
- 5:00 pm EDT
- 6:00 pm ADT
- 6:00 pm EDT
- 7:00 pm ADT
- 7:00 pm EDT
- 8:00 pm ADT
- 8:00 pm EDT
- 9:00 pm ADT
- 9:00 pm EDT
- 10:00 pm ADT
- 10:00 pm EDT
- 11:00 pm ADT
- 11:00 pm EDT
- 12:00 am ADT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EDT, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm ADT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
A note on AST: it can also mean Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3). This page means Atlantic Time.
Eastern Time (EDT) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast
Atlantic Time (ADT) is used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Puerto Rico