EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (2024)

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EDT/EST

EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GMT +0

Athens

Greece

EEST

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and 7 hours behind EEST (Eastern European Summer Time)
11:30 pm23:30 in EDT is 3:30 am03:30 in GMT and is 6:30 am06:30 in Athens, Greece

EST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-1pm in EST which corresponds to 1pm-6pm in GMT
EST to Athens call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-10am in EST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm in Athens

11:30 pm23:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
3:30 am03:30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:30 am06:30 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Athens, Greece). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

11:30 pm23:30 EDT / 3:30 am03:30 GMT / 6:30 am06:30 Athens, Greece

EDT GMT Athens, Greece
12am (midnight) 4am 7am
1am 5am 8am
2am 6am 9am
3am 7am 10am
4am 8am 11am
5am 9am 12pm (noon)
6am 10am 1pm
7am 11am 2pm
8am 12pm (noon) 3pm
9am 1pm 4pm
10am 2pm 5pm
11am 3pm 6pm
12pm (noon) 4pm 7pm
1pm 5pm 8pm
2pm 6pm 9pm
3pm 7pm 10pm
4pm 8pm 11pm
5pm 9pm 12am (midnight)
6pm 10pm 1am
7pm 11pm 2am
8pm 12am (midnight) 3am
9pm 1am 4am
10pm 2am 5am
11pm 3am 6am
0:00 4:00 7:00
1:00 5:00 8:00
2:00 6:00 9:00
3:00 7:00 10:00
4:00 8:00 11:00
5:00 9:00 12:00
6:00 10:00 13:00
7:00 11:00 14:00
8:00 12:00 15:00
9:00 13:00 16:00
10:00 14:00 17:00
11:00 15:00 18:00
12:00 16:00 19:00
13:00 17:00 20:00
14:00 18:00 21:00
15:00 19:00 22:00
16:00 20:00 23:00
17:00 21:00 0:00
18:00 22:00 1:00
19:00 23:00 2:00
20:00 0:00 3:00
21:00 1:00 4:00
22:00 2:00 5:00
23:00 3:00 6:00

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (2)

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (3)End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (4)Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'

IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:

  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (5)

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'

IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland

GMT Abbreviation: Several time zones share GMT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

  • Greenwich Mean Time - UTC +0
  • GMT+03:00 - UTC +3
  • GMT+06:00 - UTC +6
  • GMT - UTC +0
  • GMT+11:00 - UTC +11

Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:

  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Athens Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name

EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Time

UTC / GMT Offset

+3:00 hours during Eastern European Summer Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Time.

Daylight Saving Time Change

+1:00 hour - DST is in use

Daylight Saving Time Starts

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (6) Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 3:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 4:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Daylight Saving Time Ends

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (7) Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 4:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 3:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Athens Facts

Country

Greece

Alternative Names

ATH, Afina, Afini, Afiny, An Aithin, Ateena, Atehny, Aten, Atena, Atenai, Atenas, Atenas - Athena, Atenas - Αθήνα, Atene, Atenes, Ateni, Ateno, Atenoj, Ateny, Athen, Athena, Athenae, Athenai, Athene, Athenes, Athens, Atheny, Athina, Athinai, Athinia, Athènes, Athén, Athénes, Athény, Athína, Athínai, Atina, Atény, Atēnas, Atėnai, Aþena, Kota Athena, Lungsod ng Athina, Lungsod ng Athína, atene, atene si, ateni, athensa, athyna, atn, etens, xethens, ya dian, Αθήνα, Αθήναι, Αθηνα, Αθηναι, Атина, Атэны, Афины, Афіни, Аѳины, Աթենք, אתונה, آتن, أثينا, ئافېنا, ܐܬܝܢܐ, अथेन्स, ஏதென்ஸ், เอเธนส์, ათენი, Ἀθῆναι, アテネ, 雅典, 아테네, 아테네 시

Population

664,046

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Geographic Coordinates

37° 59' N Latitude / 23° 43' E Longitude

International Dialing Code

+30

EST to IST GMT to EST PST to EST EST to GMT PST to GMT

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece (2024)

FAQs

EST to GMT to Athens, Greece? ›

In Greece, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Greek: Ώρα Ανατολικής Ευρώπης; EET; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00 is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

Is Greece GMT +2 or 3? ›

In Greece, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Greek: Ώρα Ανατολικής Ευρώπης; EET; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00 is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

What GMT is Athens, Greece? ›

Getting Started
Athens, Greece ( in Athens) to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
12 pm in Athensis9 am GMT
1 pm in Athensis10 am GMT
2 pm in Athensis11 am GMT
3 pm in Athensis12 pm GMT
8 more rows

How many hours ahead is Greece than EST? ›

Schedule a phone call from United States to Athens, Greece

If you live in United States and you want to call a friend in Athens, Greece, you can try calling them between 10:00 PM and 2:00 PM your time. This will be between 7AM - 11PM their time, since Athens, Greece is 9 hours ahead of United States.

Is Greece always 2 hours ahead of the UK? ›

Time Difference

Greece is two hours ahead of GMT in winter and three during summer when it observes summer daylight saving hours.

What GMT time zone is Greece in now? ›

Time Zone in Athens, Greece
Current:EEST — Eastern European Summer Time
Next Change:EET — Eastern European Time
Current Offset:UTC/GMT +3 hours
Difference:8 hours ahead of Wichita

What time would it be in Greece right now? ›

Current Local Time in Locations in Greece with Links for More Information (55 Locations)
Olympia *Sun 3:00 am
Paros *Sun 3:00 am
Patras *Sun 3:00 am
Peristeri *Sun 3:00 am
51 more rows

What is UTC time for Athens? ›

Warning
LocationLocal TimeUTC Offset
Athens (Greece)Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 5:02:07 amUTC+3 hours
UTC (Time Zone)Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 2:02:07 amUTC

How many hours ahead is Athens Greece than New York? ›

Greece is 7 hours ahead of New York.

Is Greece 7 hours ahead of the US? ›

Greece is 8 hours ahead of North America.

To schedule a conference call or plan a meeting at the best time for both parties, you should try between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM your time in North America. That will end up being between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM in Greece. The chart below shows overlapping times.

How far behind is Greece time? ›

This Is an Old Version
LocationLocal TimeUTC Offset
Athens (Greece)Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 2:21:34 amUTC+3 hours
Sydney (Australia – New South Wales)Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 9:21:34 amUTC+10 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT)Monday, June 17, 2024 at 23:21:34

Do clocks change in Athens? ›

Standard time and DST in Greece

On the last Sunday in March, the clocks change to summer time and on the last Sunday in October they go back to winter time.

What currency does Greece use? ›

Greece is part of the European Union and Greece money currency is Euro. (Euro replaced Drachma in 2002).

Why does France not use GMT? ›

In 1891, to avoid complications with railway timetables, time was unified in Metropolitan France and based on the solar time at the Paris Observatory — the Paris meridian being approximately 2°20′ east of the Greenwich meridian, Paris mean solar time was 9 minutes 21 seconds ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

What time is GMT+3 now? ›

Current time in UTC/GMT+3 time zone is 05:20:36. UTC+03 time is 3 hours ahead from the UTC time (Universal Time).

What time format does Greece use? ›

The 12-hour notation is used in verbal communication, but the 24-hour format is also used along with the 12-hour notation in writing. The minutes are usually written with two digits; the hour numbers are written with or without a leading zero.

What countries are GMT minus 2? ›

As standard time
  • Brazil (year-round) Fernando de Noronha. Trindade and Martin Vaz. Rocas Atoll. Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago.
  • United Kingdom (year-round) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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