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Live tool clarifies EDT vs EST with real-time Eastern Time display

A new website automatically identifies whether Eastern Time is currently on daylight saving or standard time.

newest coverage 10d agosummary written 9d ago4 pieces6 likes & upvotes9 comments Hacker NewsMastodonNewswires

What to know

  • A new live tool automatically identifies whether Eastern Time is currently EDT (UTC-4) or EST (UTC-5) and updates every second.
  • EDT runs from the second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November; EST covers the remaining months.
  • The tool targets users scheduling across time zones who need to quickly confirm the current Eastern Time offset.

edtorest.com Creator of live time zone tool

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    Live EDT/EST clock tool launches on Hacker News

    A website offering a real-time Eastern Time clock that automatically displays whether the current time is EDT or EST has been submitted to Hacker News. The tool updates every second and includes information about daylight saving time transitions.

    “The live clock at the top of the page checks the America/New_York time zone and labels it as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) or Eastern Standard Time (EST) automatically.”
    — edtorest.com · source
    1. 1 outlet Is It EDT or EST?

      first by HN Frontpage, 10d ago

    • hkrn@mstdn.social

      Is It EDT or EST? L: https://www. edtorest.com C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0325072 posted on 2026.11.01 at 07:39:17 (c=0, p=4)

      hkrn@mstdn.socialMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗