What is JST in EST?
Eastern Time is 14 hours behind
Convert a time
EST — Eastern Time
3:00 am
EST, Sat
- Time in Tokyo
- 5:18:35 PM
- Time in New York
- 3:18:35 AM
- Difference
- −14 h
- Next clock change
- March 14, 2027
When the difference changes
Japan 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:
- Now – March 14, 2027Eastern Time is 14 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Eastern Time is 13 hours behind
- November 7, 2027 – onwardsEastern Time is 14 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
Japan Standard Time
Japan Standard Time stays on JST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Eastern Time
Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EDT after that.
JST to EST conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Japan Standard Time to Eastern Time. 14 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in New York, which is marked.
- 12:00 am JST
- 10:00 am EST−1 day
- 1:00 am JST
- 11:00 am EST−1 day
- 2:00 am JST
- 12:00 pm EST−1 day
- 3:00 am JST
- 1:00 pm EST−1 day
- 4:00 am JST
- 2:00 pm EST−1 day
- 5:00 am JST
- 3:00 pm EST−1 day
- 6:00 am JST
- 4:00 pm EST−1 day
- 7:00 am JST
- 5:00 pm EST−1 day
- 8:00 am JST
- 6:00 pm EST−1 day
- 9:00 am JST
- 7:00 pm EST−1 day
- 10:00 am JST
- 8:00 pm EST−1 day
- 11:00 am JST
- 9:00 pm EST−1 day
- 12:00 pm JST
- 10:00 pm EST−1 day
- 1:00 pm JST
- 11:00 pm EST−1 day
- 2:00 pm JST
- 12:00 am EST
- 3:00 pm JST
- 1:00 am EST
- 4:00 pm JST
- 2:00 am EST
- 5:00 pm JST
- 3:00 am EST
- 6:00 pm JST
- 4:00 am EST
- 7:00 pm JST
- 5:00 am EST
- 8:00 pm JST
- 6:00 am EST
- 9:00 pm JST
- 7:00 am EST
- 10:00 pm JST
- 8:00 am EST
- 11:00 pm JST
- 9:00 am EST
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Tokyo and one in New York — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Tokyo is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in New York.
Eastern Time (EST) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast
Other conversions
- EST to JST
- JST to UTC
- JST to GMT
- JST to CST
- JST to MST
- JST to PST
- JST to AKST
- JST to HST
- JST to BST
- JST to CET
- JST to IST
- JST to CST (China)
- JST to AEST
- JST to AST
- JST to Mexico City
- JST to BRT
- JST to ART
- JST to EET
- JST to WET
- JST to MSK
- JST to TRT
- JST to SAST
- JST to WAT
- JST to EAT
- JST to GST
- JST to PKT
- JST to ICT
- JST to WIB
- JST to SGT
- JST to HKT
- JST to KST
- JST to PHT
- JST to AWST
- JST to ACST
- JST to NZST
- All zones