EDT to WEST: EDT is 5 hours behind WEST
Eastern Time is 5 hours behind Western European Time right now. It is 11:45 pm EDT in Eastern and 4:45 am WEST in Lisbon, which is already the next day there.
Convert a specific time from EDT to WEST
Pick any time and date to convert it both ways. The conversion runs in your browser against the real zone rules, so a date inside a daylight saving period gets that period's offset rather than today's.
What is the time difference between EDT and WEST?
Western European Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time. To go from EDT to WEST you add 5 hours. That gap is not fixed. Across 2026 the distance between these two zones takes 2 different values, from 4 hours to 5 hours, because the two sides change their clocks on different dates. This page recomputes it rather than assuming.
EDT to WEST conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026 in Eastern, with the matching reading in Lisbon. 5 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in Lisbon, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| EDT | EDT 24h | WEST | WEST 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | the next day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | the next day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | the next day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | the next day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | the next day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between EDT and WEST?
3 hours of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 9:00 am EDT to 12:00 pm EDT. In Lisbon that window reads 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| EDT | WEST | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | 2:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in Eastern, afternoon in Lisbon |
| 10:00 am | 3:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in Eastern, afternoon in Lisbon |
| 11:00 am | 4:00 pm | both sides | mid morning in Eastern, afternoon in Lisbon |
Does daylight saving change EDT to WEST?
Eastern Time is currently on EDT and changes next on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when the clock falls back from 1:59 am to 1:00 am and the offset moves from UTC-4 to UTC-5.
Western European Time is currently on WEST and changes next on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when the clock falls back from 1:59 am to 1:00 am and the offset moves from UTC+1 to UTC+0.
Because the two sides do not move together, the answer to this conversion changes during the year. The United States changes on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, while the United Kingdom and European Union change on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Those dates are weeks apart, which opens a window each spring and autumn where the usual gap is an hour out. The table above is built for today, not for an average day.
Is EDT ahead of or behind WEST?
EDT is behind WEST by 5 hours: when it is 12:00 pm in Eastern, it is 5:00 pm in Lisbon. One wrinkle worth knowing: EST and EDT are two names for the same zone, not two zones. Eastern Time reads EST in winter and EDT in summer. When somebody types "est to wet" they nearly always mean the zone rather than the literal winter offset, so this page resolves EST to America/New_York and WET to Europe/Lisbon and applies whichever offset is genuinely in force on the day.
Eastern Time covers New York, Toronto, Atlanta and Miami. Western European Time covers Lisbon, Porto and the Canary Islands, one hour behind most of the continent. The identifiers behind them are America/New_York and Europe/Lisbon, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is EDT in WEST?
- EDT is 5 hours behind WEST. 9:00 am EDT is 2:00 pm WEST.
- How many hours ahead is WEST of EDT?
- WEST is 5 hours ahead of EDT. That varies across the year, between 4 hours and 5 hours.
- What time is it in Lisbon right now?
- 4:45 am WEST on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
- When can Eastern and Lisbon meet during working hours?
- Between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm EDT, which is 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm WEST.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so EDT and WEST are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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