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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
HKT
Hong Kong Time
GMT +8
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
HKT
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 12 hours behind Hong Kong Time and 12 hours behind HKT (Hong Kong Time)
6:30 am06:30 in EDT is 6:30 pm18:30 in HKT and is 6:30 pm18:30 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
EST to HKT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in HKT
EST to Hong Kong call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30am-8:30am in EST which corresponds to 7:30pm-9:30pm in Hong Kong
6:30 am06:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 HKT (Hong Kong Time) (Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
6:30 am06:30 EDT / 6:30 pm18:30 HKT / 6:30 pm18:30 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| EDT | HKT | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
| 1am | 1pm | 1pm |
| 2am | 2pm | 2pm |
| 3am | 3pm | 3pm |
| 4am | 4pm | 4pm |
| 5am | 5pm | 5pm |
| 6am | 6pm | 6pm |
| 7am | 7pm | 7pm |
| 8am | 8pm | 8pm |
| 9am | 9pm | 9pm |
| 10am | 10pm | 10pm |
| 11am | 11pm | 11pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
| 1pm | 1am | 1am |
| 2pm | 2am | 2am |
| 3pm | 3am | 3am |
| 4pm | 4am | 4am |
| 5pm | 5am | 5am |
| 6pm | 6am | 6am |
| 7pm | 7am | 7am |
| 8pm | 8am | 8am |
| 9pm | 9am | 9am |
| 10pm | 10am | 10am |
| 11pm | 11am | 11am |
| 0:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 1:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 |
| 2:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 3:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 4:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| 5:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 6:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 7:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 8:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 9:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
| 10:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| 11:00 | 23:00 | 23:00 |
| 12:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| 13:00 | 1:00 | 1:00 |
| 14:00 | 2:00 | 2:00 |
| 15:00 | 3:00 | 3:00 |
| 16:00 | 4:00 | 4:00 |
| 17:00 | 5:00 | 5:00 |
| 18:00 | 6:00 | 6:00 |
| 19:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 |
| 20:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 |
| 21:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| 22:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 23:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT timezone is Hong Kong from Hong Kong with population about 7.013 million people. Other major cities in the area are Kowloon, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Sha Tin
Daylight Saving: Hong Kong Time (HKT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore HKT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Hong Kong Time remains the same
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates eight hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects HKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
Hong Kong Information
Time Zone
Abbreviation / Name
HKT - Hong Kong Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+8:00 hours during Hong Kong Time, currently in use.
Hong Kong Facts
Country
Hong Kong
Alternative Names
Chon'nk Kon'nk, Gankong, Gon Kong, Gonkong, HKG, Hiong-geng, Hiŏng-gē̤ng, Hong Kong, Hongkong, Honkong, Hồng Kông, Khongkong, Khonkong, Victoria, ankan, hamga kamga, hanakana, hang kang, hang kang nagaram, hangakanga, hangkang, hankam, heankean, hng kng, hon'ga kon'ga, hong-kʼongi, hongakonga, hongkong, honkongu, hwng kwng, hwng qwng, hwngh kwngh, hwnj kwnj, hxngkng, hʼng qʼng, shyanggang, xiang gang, Χονγκ Κονγκ, Ганконг, Гонконг, Хонгконг, Хонконг, Һoң Koң, Һоң Коң, Հոնկոնգ, האנג קאנג, הונג קונג, شياڭگاڭ, هانگ کانگ, هنگ کنگ, هونج كونج, هونغ كونغ, هونگ کونگ, ھwng kwng, ھونگ کونگ, ھۆng kۆng, ھۆنگ کۆنگ, ہang kang, ہانگ کانگ, ހޮންކޮންގު, हङकङ, हाँग काँग, हांगकांग, हांग् कांग् नगरम्, हॉन्ग कॉन्ग, হংকং, ਹਾਂਗਕਾਂਗ, હોંગકોંગ, ହଂକଂ, ஆங்காங், హాంగ్కాంగ్, ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್, ഹോങ്കോങ്, හොංකොං, ฮ่องกง, ཧང་ཀང་།, ཧོང་ཀོང་།, ဟောငကောင, ဟောင်ကောင်, ჰონგ-კონგი, ሆንግ ኮንግ, ហងកង, ហុងកុង, 香港, 홍콩
Population
7,012,738
Currency
Dollar (HKD)
Geographic Coordinates
22° 16' N Latitude / 114° 10' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+852
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