WEST to EDT: WEST is 5 hours ahead of EDT
Western European Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time right now. It is 3:48 am WEST in Lisbon and 10:48 pm EDT in Eastern, which is already the previous day there.
Convert a specific time from WEST 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 WEST and EDT?
Eastern Time is 5 hours behind Western European Time. To go from WEST to EDT you subtract 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.
WEST to EDT conversion table
Every hour of Sunday, September 27, 2026 in Lisbon, with the matching reading in Eastern. 5 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.
| WEST | WEST 24h | EDT | EDT 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | the previous day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | the previous day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | the previous day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | the previous day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | the previous day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | same day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | same day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | same day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | same day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | same day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | same day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between WEST and EDT?
3 hours of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 2:00 pm WEST to 5:00 pm WEST. In Eastern that window reads 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| WEST | EDT | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 pm | 9:00 am | both sides | afternoon in Lisbon, mid morning in Eastern |
| 3:00 pm | 10:00 am | both sides | afternoon in Lisbon, mid morning in Eastern |
| 4:00 pm | 11:00 am | both sides | afternoon in Lisbon, mid morning in Eastern |
Does daylight saving change WEST to EDT?
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.
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 WEST ahead of or behind EDT?
WEST is ahead of EDT by 5 hours: when it is 12:00 pm in Lisbon, it is 7:00 am in Eastern. One wrinkle worth knowing: WET and WEST are two names for the same zone, not two zones. Western European Time reads WET in winter and WEST in summer. When somebody types "wet to est" they nearly always mean the zone rather than the literal winter offset, so this page resolves WET to Europe/Lisbon and EST to America/New_York and applies whichever offset is genuinely in force on the day.
Western European Time covers Lisbon, Porto and the Canary Islands, one hour behind most of the continent. Eastern Time covers New York, Toronto, Atlanta and Miami. The identifiers behind them are Europe/Lisbon 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 WEST in EDT?
- WEST is 5 hours ahead of EDT. 9:00 am WEST is 4:00 am EDT.
- How many hours ahead is EDT of WEST?
- EDT is 5 hours behind WEST. That varies across the year, between 4 hours and 5 hours.
- What time is it in Eastern right now?
- 10:48 pm EDT on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
- When can Lisbon and Eastern meet during working hours?
- Between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm WEST, which is 9:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so WEST and EDT are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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