Philippines to EDT

Understanding the -12h Gap: Philippines vs EDT

Philippines runs on Philippine Standard Time (PHT) at UTC+08:00. EDT runs on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at UTC-04:00. That puts Philippines 12 hours behind EDT — a difference of -12h at the current offsets.

In practice, when it is 9:00 AM in Philippines it is 9:00 PM in EDT on the previous day. Midnight in Philippines is 12:00 PM in EDT. Neither zone observes daylight saving time, so the offset between them stays constant all year.

Philippines to EDT time conversion table

About PHT (Philippine Time)

Philippine Time (PHT) is fixed at UTC+08:00 all year. The Philippines has not observed daylight saving time since 1978, apart from a brief trial in 1990. PHT shares its offset with China Standard Time, Hong Kong Time, Singapore Time, Malaysian Time and Australian Western Standard Time, which makes Manila a convenient bridge for scheduling across East and Southeast Asia. As one of the world's largest centres for business process outsourcing, Manila keeps overlapping hours with both Australia and, on early shifts, the United States, and its contact-centre schedules are usually planned around Manila local time.

About EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is used during the summer months (second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November) in the Eastern Time Zone. During EDT, clocks are advanced by one hour to take advantage of longer daylight hours. Not all locations in the Eastern Time Zone observe DST – Panama, Jamaica, and most of the Caribbean remain on EST year-round.

Best time to call between Philippines and EDT

With a -12h offset there is no overlap inside a normal 9 AM – 5 PM day. EDT opens at 9:00 AM EDT, which is 9:00 PM in Philippines, so real-time calls need an early-morning or late-evening slot on one side.

Business hours overlap

Philippines and EDT have no shared working hours because of the -12h gap. Teams need to alternate early starts or rely on asynchronous handovers.