What is EST in SGT?
Singapore Time is 12 hours ahead
Eastern Time is on UTC−4:00 and Singapore Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read EDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in New York
- 10:14 pm
- Time in Singapore
- 10:14 am
- Difference
- +12 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
SGT — Singapore Time
10:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Eastern Time and Singapore 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:
- Now – November 1, 2026Singapore Time is 12 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Singapore Time is 13 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsSingapore Time is 12 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Eastern Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming EST.
Singapore Time
Singapore Time stays on SGT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
EST to SGT conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Eastern Time to Singapore Time. 12 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Singapore, which is marked.
- 12:00 am EDT
- 12:00 pm SGT
- 1:00 am EDT
- 1:00 pm SGT
- 2:00 am EDT
- 2:00 pm SGT
- 3:00 am EDT
- 3:00 pm SGT
- 4:00 am EDT
- 4:00 pm SGT
- 5:00 am EDT
- 5:00 pm SGT
- 6:00 am EDT
- 6:00 pm SGT
- 7:00 am EDT
- 7:00 pm SGT
- 8:00 am EDT
- 8:00 pm SGT
- 9:00 am EDT
- 9:00 pm SGT
- 10:00 am EDT
- 10:00 pm SGT
- 11:00 am EDT
- 11:00 pm SGT
- 12:00 pm EDT
- 12:00 am SGT+1 day
- 1:00 pm EDT
- 1:00 am SGT+1 day
- 2:00 pm EDT
- 2:00 am SGT+1 day
- 3:00 pm EDT
- 3:00 am SGT+1 day
- 4:00 pm EDT
- 4:00 am SGT+1 day
- 5:00 pm EDT
- 5:00 am SGT+1 day
- 6:00 pm EDT
- 6:00 am SGT+1 day
- 7:00 pm EDT
- 7:00 am SGT+1 day
- 8:00 pm EDT
- 8:00 am SGT+1 day
- 9:00 pm EDT
- 9:00 am SGT+1 day
- 10:00 pm EDT
- 10:00 am SGT+1 day
- 11:00 pm EDT
- 11:00 am SGT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in New York and one in Singapore — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in New York is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Singapore.
Eastern Time (EDT) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast