AEDT to EST Converter
Eastern Australia to US East Coast — ASX opens while New York is in the previous afternoon. Australian financial institutions, tech companies, and media coordinating with US counterparts. Opposite-hemisphere DST means the gap shifts four times per year.
Time Zone Converter
Compare Times
| AEDT | EST |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM AEDT | 4:00 PM EST |
| 9:00 AM AEDT | 5:00 PM EST |
| 10:00 AM AEDT | 6:00 PM EST |
| 11:00 AM AEDT | 7:00 PM EST |
| 12:00 PM AEDT | 8:00 PM EST |
| 1:00 PM AEDT | 9:00 PM EST |
| 2:00 PM AEDT | 10:00 PM EST |
| 3:00 PM AEDT | 11:00 PM EST |
| 4:00 PM AEDT | 12:00 AM EST |
| 5:00 PM AEDT | 1:00 AM EST |
| 6:00 PM AEDT | 2:00 AM EST |
| 7:00 PM AEDT | 3:00 AM EST |
| 8:00 PM AEDT | 4:00 AM EST |
Common Time Conversions
EST · New York →
CST · Chicago →
MST · Denver →
PST · Los Angeles →
AKST · Anchorage →
HST · Honolulu →
UTC · Universal →
GMT · London →
IST · New Delhi →
CET · Paris →
How Time Zone Conversion Works
Time zone conversion works by comparing the UTC offset of one location to another. Every city or region is measured relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which acts as the global reference point for civil time.
EST is 16 hours behind AEDT (standard time).
Daylight Saving Time: Both AEDT and EST observe DST, but on opposite-hemisphere schedules. When one springs forward, the other falls back — so the offset shifts four times per year instead of the usual two.
Best Meeting Times: AEDT & EST
AEDT
20:00–21:00
Eastern Australia Daylight Time
EST
04:00–05:00
Eastern Time
Recommended time: 20:00 AEDT / 04:00 EST
DST schedule for 2026
Current-year daylight saving start and end dates for the selected zones.
AEDT · Eastern Australia Daylight Time
Standard offset +11:00
- Starts
- Oct 4, 2026 · 02:00 → 03:00
- first_sunday_of_october
- Ends
- Apr 5, 2026 · 03:00 → 02:00
- first_sunday_of_april
- Daylight time
- AEDT · +11:00
AEDT is the daylight-saving designation used in southeastern Australia; Queensland remains on AEST (UTC+10) year-round and is not represented by this code. Two Australian territories have unusual DST offsets: Lord Howe Island (NSW) uses UTC+10:30 in winter and UTC+11 in summer — the only jurisdiction in the world with a 30-minute DST shift; Norfolk Island uses UTC+11 in winter and UTC+12 in summer, following the same transition dates as eastern states.
EST · Eastern Time
Standard offset −05:00
- Starts
- Mar 8, 2026 · 02:00 → 03:00
- second_sunday_of_march
- Ends
- Nov 1, 2026 · 02:00 → 01:00
- first_sunday_of_november
- Daylight time
- EDT · −04:00
Principal Cities
AEDT — Eastern Australia Daylight Time
- SydneyAustralia
- MelbourneAustralia
- CanberraAustralia
- HobartAustralia
EST — Eastern Time
- New YorkUnited States
- TorontoCanada
- PhiladelphiaUnited States
- Washington D.C.United States
Flight Information
Route
SYD ↔ JFK
Avg. flight time
21h
Direct flights
Not available
~21h with stopover.