Convert Singapore Time to Eastern Standard Time
Instantly convert Singapore Time (SGT) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) with our free online calculator.
Singapore Time
01:20:57 PM
Wed, Jun 24 (SGT)
Eastern Standard Time
12:20:57 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (EST)
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24-Hour Comparison
| SGT | EST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 AM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 12:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 1:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 2:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 4:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 PM(-1d) |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 8:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
How to Convert Singapore Time to Eastern Standard Time
Formula
To convert Singapore Time (SGT) to Eastern Standard Time (EST): Convert SGT to EST
About Singapore Time (SGT)
Singapore Time (SGT, IANA: Asia/Singapore) is the civil time of the Republic of Singapore, set at UTC+8:00 year-round (no DST). Singapore historically used UTC+7:30 (with Malaya) before 1982, then adjusted to UTC+8:00 in January 1982 to align with major regional trading partners China + Hong Kong + Malaysia. The Singapore Public Utilities Board oversees official timekeeping per the legal-time reference at the National University of Singapore. SGT is identical in offset to China Standard Time (CST), Malaysia Time (MYT), Hong Kong Time (HKT), Philippine Time (PHT), Western Australia Time (AWST), Brunei Time (BNT) — making coordination across the Asia-Pacific tropics seamless. SGT serves the city-state of Singapore's approximately 5.9 million residents (citizens + permanent residents + foreign workers). Despite its small geographic size (728 km² — smaller than New York City's 5 boroughs), Singapore is one of Asia's most important financial centers. Affects: SGX (Singapore Exchange) trading hours 09:00-17:00 SGT, Port of Singapore Authority shipping operations (the world's second-busiest container port after Shanghai), Changi Airport flight scheduling (often the world's #1-ranked airport), and the Marina Bay Sands hotel + Gardens by the Bay operating hours.
About Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Eastern Standard Time (EST, IANA: America/New_York, America/Toronto) is the time zone for the US Eastern Seaboard and Canadian eastern provinces, set at UTC-5:00. EST is the most economically and politically significant US time zone, serving the NYC-Washington DC-Boston-Atlanta-Miami corridor of ~150 million people across the entire US Eastern region (New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida except panhandle, Ohio, Kentucky eastern, Tennessee eastern, Indiana most, Michigan most), eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario), and the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama since 1908). EST observes DST per Energy Policy Act 2005 (switching to EDT = UTC-4:00 from March to November). NYSE official market hours 09:30-16:00 EST/EDT, Wall Street financial reporting, US Federal Government Washington DC working hours, and US Capitol legislative sessions all reference EST/EDT. The historical 'Big Three' US TV-network prime-time was 8-11 PM EST.