EST to London, United Kingdom (2024)

FAQs

Is the UK 5 hours ahead of EST? ›

Technically, EST is 5 hours behind the UK. The UK has the prime meridian passing through Greenwich, London, which forms the reference point (GMT/UTC) for world time.

Eastern Standard Time is 6 hours behind London. Press any time in the table below to open and share the event time page.

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Specifically, locations within the Central Standard Time (CST) zone, such as parts of the United States (e.g., Central Time Zone) and Canada (e.g., Saskatchewan), are typically 6 hours behind the UK during GMT.

London, United Kingdom is 7 hours ahead of the center of the United States. PLEASE NOTE: United States may span multiple time zones. We are using the America/Denver time zone. For more accuracy, choose specific cities for each location.

In the UK the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October. The period when the clocks are 1 hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). There's more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings (sometimes called Daylight Saving Time).

The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time or UTC) and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) (also known as Western European Summer Time).

What does 1pm EST mean? ›

Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).

Eastern Standard Time (EST) is a standard time zone in use from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March—when Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not in effect.

The time difference between London and New York is 5 hours. New York City is located in the UTC-5 time zone, during summertime it becomes UTC-4. The United Kingdom is therefore ahead of New York. This means that when it is midnight in New York, it is already 05:00 in the UK.

London is 5 hours ahead of New York.

During the Second World War (1939-1945), British Double Summer Time - two hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - was temporarily introduced for the period when ordinary daylight saving would be in force. During the winter, clocks were kept one hour in advance of GMT to increase productivity.

The time difference between London and New York is 5 hours. New York City is located in the UTC-5 time zone, during summertime it becomes UTC-4. The United Kingdom is therefore ahead of New York. This means that when it is midnight in New York, it is already 05:00 in the UK.

Eastern Time (ET): EST and EDT

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is an area 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5) during the winter months (referred to as Eastern Standard Time or EST) and 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4) during the summer months (referred to as Eastern Daylight Time or EDT).

Which countries are in GMT+5? Countries five hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time include Australia, France, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.