Israel to EDT: Israel is 7 hours ahead of EDT
Israel Time is 7 hours ahead of Eastern Time right now. It is 7:35 am IDT in Israel and 12:35 am EDT in Eastern.
Convert a specific time from Israel to EDT
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 Israel and EDT?
Eastern Time is 7 hours behind Israel Time. To go from Israel to EDT you subtract 7 hours. That gap is not fixed. Across 2026 the distance between these two zones takes 2 different values, from 6 hours to 7 hours, because the two sides change their clocks on different dates. This page recomputes it rather than assuming.
Israel to EDT conversion table
Every hour of Sunday, September 27, 2026 in Israel, with the matching reading in Eastern. 7 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in Eastern, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| Israel | Israel 24h | EDT | EDT 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | the previous day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | the previous day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | the previous day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | the previous day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | the previous day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | the previous day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | the previous day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | same day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | same day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between Israel and EDT?
1 hour of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 4:00 pm Israel to 5:00 pm Israel. In Eastern that window reads 9:00 am to 10:00 am. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| Israel | EDT | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 pm | 9:00 am | both sides | afternoon in Israel, mid morning in Eastern |
Does daylight saving change Israel to EDT?
Israel Time is currently on IDT 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+3 to UTC+2.
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.
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 Israel ahead of or behind EDT?
Israel is ahead of EDT by 7 hours: when it is 12:00 pm in Israel, it is 5:00 am in Eastern. One wrinkle worth knowing: IST and IDT are two names for the same zone, not two zones. Israel Time reads IST in winter and IDT in summer. When somebody types "israel to est" they nearly always mean the zone rather than the literal winter offset, so this page resolves ISRAEL to Asia/Jerusalem and EST to America/New_York and applies whichever offset is genuinely in force on the day.
Israel Time covers Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The abbreviation IST is shared with India, which is why this page names the country. Eastern Time covers New York, Toronto, Atlanta and Miami. The identifiers behind them are Asia/Jerusalem and America/New_York, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is Israel in EDT?
- Israel is 7 hours ahead of EDT. 9:00 am Israel is 2:00 am EDT.
- How many hours ahead is EDT of Israel?
- EDT is 7 hours behind Israel. That varies across the year, between 6 hours and 7 hours.
- What time is it in Eastern right now?
- 12:35 am EDT on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
- When can Israel and Eastern meet during working hours?
- Between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm Israel, which is 9:00 am to 10:00 am EDT.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so IDT and EDT are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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