Current Time in GMT − 5 Zone
About GMT-5
GMT-5 is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. It is known as Eastern Standard Time (EST) in North America, serving cities like New York, Toronto, and Miami in the winter. It is also used year-round by Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. It is heavily affected by DST in North America.
UTC Offset: GMT-5
What is GMT-5?
GMT-5 means Greenwich Mean Time 5 hours behind the Greenwich meridian, the historical reference line running through the Royal Observatory in London. GMT offsets are the everyday way many countries, broadcasters, and travel timetables describe their local time relative to the UK.
Note that some of the countries listed below sit on GMT-5 for only part of the year: when daylight saving time starts or ends they move one hour, so always check the live local times shown on this page or on each country's own page.
GMT-5 vs UTC-5
For everyday purposes GMT-5 and UTC-5 are the same wall-clock time. GMT is the traditional name based on mean solar time at Greenwich, while UTC is the modern atomic-time standard used by computers and aviation. If you are setting a meeting or catching a flight, either works; if you are configuring a server, use UTC-5.
Time Difference Between GMT-5 and Major Cities
Live local time and the difference from GMT-5 right now.
Current time shown is based on the representative IANA zone: America/Bogota