How to convert UTC to Eastern Time
- Type the UTC time, for example 14:00 from a log file or flight plan, and pick the UTC date.
- From is UTC and To is Eastern Time (New York, Toronto). Switch Clock to 24-hour if you’re copying from a system that uses it.
- Read the Eastern time. Before 4 or 5 am UTC, it’s still the previous evening in New York.
UTC to Eastern time table
Every 3 hours on July 15, 2026 and January 15, 2026. New York is on EDT in July and EST in January.
| UTC | New York on July 15 | New York on January 15 |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 8:00 pm (previous day) | 7:00 pm (previous day) |
| 3:00 am | 11:00 pm (previous day) | 10:00 pm (previous day) |
| 6:00 am | 2:00 am | 1:00 am |
| 9:00 am | 5:00 am | 4:00 am |
| 12:00 pm | 8:00 am | 7:00 am |
| 3:00 pm | 11:00 am | 10:00 am |
| 6:00 pm | 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| 9:00 pm | 5:00 pm | 4:00 pm |
Reading UTC timestamps
Servers, APIs and logs usually record time in UTC because it never jumps for daylight saving, so entries sort correctly and nothing happens twice. To read one in New York time, check the date first: the right offset depends on whether that day falls inside US daylight saving time, not on today’s date. A log line from January needs 5 hours taken off even if you’re reading it in July.
Timestamps written with an offset, like 2026-07-15T09:00-04:00, already include the conversion: that one is 9 am EDT, or 13:00 UTC.