Convert Atlantic Time to Eastern Time
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AST · UTC−4 → EST · UTC−5
AST is 1 hour ahead of EST
Halifax · ADT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
New York City · EDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
Shared working hours: 10:00–18:00 in Halifax is 09:00–17:00 in New York City.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
08:24 Wed 7 Oct Halifax = 07:24 Wed 7 Oct New York City
Hour-by-hour conversion
| Halifax (AST)Every hour of today in the first city, with the matching time in the second. “Next day” means the calendar date is already tomorrow there. The highlighted row is right now. | New York City (EST) | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 23:00prev. day | |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | Now |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | Both at work |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | Both at work |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
About this conversion
AST here means Atlantic Time, represented by Halifax (America/Halifax), currently UTC−3. EST means Eastern Time, represented by New York City (America/New_York), currently UTC−4.
AST is used by 32 zones, including Canada. If you meant a different one, see every meaning of AST.
EST is used by 10 zones, including United States. See every meaning of EST.
Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, and sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00. The hour table is anchored on the current day in Halifax; day boundaries are marked where the date differs.
Quick answers
- 09:00 AST is 08:00 EST
- 12:00 AST is 11:00 EST
- 15:00 AST is 14:00 EST
- 18:00 AST is 17:00 EST
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- Time in Halifaxnow, DST, offset
- Time in New York Citynow, DST, offset