Current Time in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) operates at UTC-4:00 and represents the active daylight saving phase for the most economically consequential time zone in the Western Hemisphere. From mid-March through early November, New York, Washington D.C., and Toronto run on EDT — the offset that governs NYSE and NASDAQ opening bells, Federal Reserve policy announcements, US congressional schedules, and the earnings call calendars of thousands of publicly traded corporations. The New York Stock Exchange opens at 09:30 EDT each weekday during this period, a moment that triggers price discovery across equity, bond, and derivatives markets worldwide. More global trading algorithms, institutional risk systems, and financial data feeds are calibrated to the EDT trading window than to any other single time zone's schedule. For the eight months EDT is active each year, it functions as the de facto operational clock of global capital markets.

EDT is observed across the US and Canadian East Coast and extends into select Caribbean territories that follow the same DST schedule.

• ✦United States: All states in the Eastern Time zone observe EDT during the daylight saving period: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana (most counties), and the District of Columbia, among others. The transition applies uniformly across these states under the federal Uniform Time Act.
• ✦Canada: Ontario (Toronto, Ottawa) and Quebec (Montreal, Quebec City) observe EDT on the same schedule as the US Eastern states, maintaining full clock alignment throughout the summer trading and business season. This synchronization is particularly significant for the Toronto–New York financial corridor, where the TSX and NYSE operate in parallel during EDT hours.
• ✦Caribbean: The Bahamas observes EDT during its summer period, advancing from EST to EDT on the same US federal schedule. Haiti also aligns with EDT during the daylight saving window. These territories represent an exception among Caribbean nations — the majority of the region stays on AST (UTC-4) year-round without DST, meaning they briefly share the same clock as New York during the EDT period before diverging again in November.

EDT is not a separate time zone — it is the daylight saving phase of Eastern Time (ET), the umbrella designation covering both EST and EDT. The mechanics are straightforward: clocks advance from EST (UTC-5) to EDT (UTC-4) on the second Sunday in March at 02:00 local time, and revert from EDT back to EST on the first Sunday in November at 02:00 local time. In 2026, EDT runs from March 8 through November 1.

For global teams, the market-hours implication is the most critical scheduling fact: the NYSE opens at 09:30 EDT (13:30 UTC) during the EDT period, shifting to 09:30 EST (14:30 UTC) after the November reversion. Any automated trading system, earnings calendar, or international meeting template calibrated to a UTC-based NYSE open time must account for this 1-hour UTC shift twice annually. Teams in Europe, Asia, and Australia that follow US market hours often experience their most common scheduling errors at exactly these two transition points each year.

Europe: London (BST, UTC+1) is 5 hours ahead of EDT during the Northern Hemisphere summer — the period when both zones are simultaneously on their summer offsets. A 09:30 EDT NYSE open corresponds to 14:30 BST in London, placing the entire US morning trading session within London's afternoon. Frankfurt (CEST, UTC+2) is 6 hours ahead of EDT during this overlapping summer window: the NYSE open at 09:30 EDT reaches Frankfurt at 15:30 CEST, one hour before the Frankfurt Stock Exchange closes at 17:30 local time. This is the window where transatlantic equity arbitrage, dual-listed stock pricing, and US–EU institutional trades are most actively executed.

The transition risk: in late March, the US springs forward to EDT while Europe has already been on summer time for several days (EU DST starts the last Sunday in March; US DST starts the second Sunday). For approximately one week in March, the US–London gap is 5 hours rather than the usual 5, and then shifts again. In autumn, the EU reverts to winter time before the US does, briefly widening the gap to 6 hours for a week before the US follows. Calendar systems that hard-code "5 hours" for the London–New York gap will produce incorrect meeting times during these transition windows.

Asia: Tokyo (JST, UTC+9) is 13 hours ahead of EDT in summer. Seoul (KST, UTC+9) is identical. A 09:30 EDT NYSE open corresponds to 22:30 JST the same calendar day — after Japanese market close and outside any viable business window. Singapore (SGT, UTC+8) is 12 hours ahead: NYSE open at 09:30 EDT = 21:30 SGT. The only viable live window for EDT–Asia calls is an EDT early morning (07:00–08:00 EDT = 20:00–21:00 JST), placing the burden on Asian teams to remain available late evening. For EDT–India (IST, UTC+5:30) coordination, the gap is 9.5 hours: a 08:30 EDT start reaches Mumbai at 18:00 IST — the final hour of the Indian workday and the standard overlap slot for US East Coast–India technology calls.

Americas: EDT's 1-hour lead over CDT (Central Daylight Time, UTC-5) and 3-hour lead over PDT (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7) makes New York the opening city for US domestic business each morning. Chicago opens an hour after New York's markets; San Francisco opens three hours later. For intra-US scheduling, EDT is the default reference clock — major product launches, federal government announcements, and media broadcasts are consistently timed to Eastern, reflecting New York and Washington D.C.'s dominance as the zone's anchor cities.