JST to ET Time Converter

Common Times Converted

JST on the left, ET on the right.

JST to ET: Full 24-Hour Conversion Table

Shaded rows are working hours; the darker shade marks the hours when both zones are at work.

What JST and ET Actually Are

JST — Japan Standard Time

Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Sapporo. Standing at UTC+9:00 as written, and the region does not change its clocks, so that offset holds all year. Japan does not observe daylight saving, so this offset is fixed year-round.

Japan abolished daylight saving in 1952 and has resisted every attempt to reintroduce it, including a proposal around the 2020 Olympics.

ET — Eastern Time

New York, Toronto, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Boston. Standing at UTC-5:00 as written, and the region does change its clocks, so its live offset moves by an hour twice a year. The next change is on Sunday, November 1, 2026, to EST.

Eastern Time covers roughly half the US population and, because of that, is the zone most American business defaults to when nobody specifies one.

What This Means in Practice

The date changes mid-working-day

For 4 of the eight hours in a normal JST working day, the equivalent ET time falls on a different calendar date. Anything scheduled in that stretch needs the date checked as well as the time, or a Tuesday call quietly becomes a Wednesday one at the other end.

This gap is not fixed

ET changes its clocks and JST does not, so the difference between them moves by an hour twice a year. A recurring meeting set now will drift for one side from Sunday, November 1, 2026 unless someone resets it.

Nearly opposite sides of the clock

At 13 hours apart, one side's morning is the other side's night. Handing work over at the end of a shift usually beats trying to get both parties in the same call.

Major Cities in Each Zone

Cities on JST

Cities on ET