Eastern Daylight Time (edt) is used in USA. The IANA timezone identifier is America/New_York.

BEIJING to EDT Time Converter

Q: Where is beijing used?

BEIJING (Shanghai) (beijing) is used in China. The IANA timezone identifier is Asia/Shanghai.

BEIJING (Shanghai) → Eastern Daylight Time

BEIJING = UTC+8EDT = UTC-4

ClockinSync

BASE

09:00

Work Clients Team +

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00

EDT (New York)

USA · -12h🔔 Public Holiday in 6d — Independence Day

21:00-1 day

London

United Kingdom · -7h

02:00

Tokyo

Japan · +1h

10:00

Dubai

United Arab Emirates · -4h

05:00

Sydney

Australia · +2h

11:00

Beijing ↔ EDT (New York) — time offset

Beijing is 12 hours ahead of EDT (New York). When it's noon in Beijing, it's 00:00 in EDT (New York).

Beijing runs on Asia/Shanghai; EDT (New York) runs on America/New_York. Together they are 12 hours apart.

Mutual working hours

There is no business hours overlap between Beijing and EDT (New York) during standard working hours (9:00–17:00). Meetings would require one party to work outside normal hours.

Best call times between these locations

Beijing and EDT (New York) have no shared working window. These slots minimize out-of-hours disruption for both sides.

04:00 Beijing / 16:00 New York⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 5h before working hours in Beijing

09:00 Beijing / 21:00 New York⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 5h after working hours in New York

16:00 Beijing / 04:00 New York⚡ One side off-hours

⚠️ 5h before working hours in New York

Working hours defined as 09:00–17:00 local time for each location.

Public holidays this year

⚡ Upcoming holidays in both locations, confirm with your contact before booking.

Beijing2 holidays

Sep 25Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct 1National Day

EDT (New York)7 holidays

Jul 3Independence DaySOON

Sep 7Labour Day

Oct 12Columbus Day

Oct 12Indigenous Peoples' Day

Nov 11Veterans Day

Beijing and EDT (New York) — practical scheduling

Beijing (China) and EDT (New York) (USA) are 12 hours apart — far enough that standard 9–5 schedules do not overlap. Any real-time meeting means someone is joining outside their normal hours.

💡 Practical scheduling guidelines

⚡

A 04:00 meeting in Beijing means 16:00 in EDT (New York) (5h before working hours in Beijing).

⚡

A 09:00 meeting in Beijing means 21:00 in EDT (New York) (5h after working hours in New York).

⚡

A 16:00 meeting in Beijing means 04:00 in EDT (New York) (5h before working hours in New York).

With no shared business hours, these slots distribute the scheduling burden as evenly as possible between both locations.

Avoid scheduling mistakes — especially around daylight saving changes. Use the ClockinSync Chrome Extension to instantly verify and compare both time zones directly in your browser, without manual calculations.

Add to your browser — Free →

Need a specific time? Use the slider or type directly into the input bar — it understands "3pm", "15:30", and location-specific formats like "9am Beijing".

BEIJING (Beijing) ↔ EDT (New York)

No overlap — one side will join outside working hours

BEIJING (Beijing)

EDT (New York)