What is EST in WET?
Western European Time is 5 hours ahead
Eastern Time is on UTC−4:00 and Western European Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read EDT and WEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in New York
- 10:14 pm
- Time in Lisbon
- 3:14 am
- Difference
- +5 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
WEST — Western European Time
3:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Eastern Time and Western European 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 – October 25, 2026Western European Time is 5 hours ahead
- October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026Western European Time is 4 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Western European Time is 5 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – March 28, 2027Western European Time is 4 hours ahead
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsWestern European Time is 5 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.
Western European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming WET.
EST to WET conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Eastern Time to Western European Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lisbon, which is marked.
- 12:00 am EDT
- 5:00 am WEST
- 1:00 am EDT
- 6:00 am WEST
- 2:00 am EDT
- 7:00 am WEST
- 3:00 am EDT
- 8:00 am WEST
- 4:00 am EDT
- 9:00 am WEST
- 5:00 am EDT
- 10:00 am WEST
- 6:00 am EDT
- 11:00 am WEST
- 7:00 am EDT
- 12:00 pm WEST
- 8:00 am EDT
- 1:00 pm WEST
- 9:00 am EDT
- 2:00 pm WEST
- 10:00 am EDT
- 3:00 pm WEST
- 11:00 am EDT
- 4:00 pm WEST
- 12:00 pm EDT
- 5:00 pm WEST
- 1:00 pm EDT
- 6:00 pm WEST
- 2:00 pm EDT
- 7:00 pm WEST
- 3:00 pm EDT
- 8:00 pm WEST
- 4:00 pm EDT
- 9:00 pm WEST
- 5:00 pm EDT
- 10:00 pm WEST
- 6:00 pm EDT
- 11:00 pm WEST
- 7:00 pm EDT
- 12:00 am WEST+1 day
- 8:00 pm EDT
- 1:00 am WEST+1 day
- 9:00 pm EDT
- 2:00 am WEST+1 day
- 10:00 pm EDT
- 3:00 am WEST+1 day
- 11:00 pm EDT
- 4:00 am WEST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT, which is 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm WEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Eastern Time (EDT) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast
Western European Time (WEST) is used in Portugal, Ireland and the Canary Islands