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New York to Tokyo Time Converter

Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York while New York is on daylight saving time (from mid-March to early November), and 14 hours ahead the rest of the year. Japan doesn’t use daylight saving time, which is why the gap moves.

EDT · UTC−4
Mon, Oct 19
JST · UTC+9
Mon, Oct 19

On Monday, October 19, Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York.

Heads-up: clocks in New York go back on Sunday, November 1. After that, Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of New York.

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Time zone rules checked October 2026. The converter runs on your device using its built-in time zone database, so it accounts for daylight saving time on any date you pick.

New York and Tokyo, hour by hour

Green rows are the hours when both cities are inside an ordinary 9-to-5 working day. Change the date in the converter and this table follows it.

Hour by hour for Monday, October 19, 2026 in New York
New York EDTTokyo JSTOffice hours (9 AM to 5 PM, local weekdays)
12:00 AM1:00 PMTokyo only
1:00 AM2:00 PMTokyo only
2:00 AM3:00 PMTokyo only
3:00 AM4:00 PMTokyo only
4:00 AM5:00 PM
5:00 AM6:00 PM
6:00 AM7:00 PM
7:00 AM8:00 PM
8:00 AM9:00 PM
9:00 AM10:00 PMNew York only
10:00 AM11:00 PMNew York only
11:00 AM12:00 AM next dayNew York only
12:00 PM1:00 AM next dayNew York only
1:00 PM2:00 AM next dayNew York only
2:00 PM3:00 AM next dayNew York only
3:00 PM4:00 AM next dayNew York only
4:00 PM5:00 AM next dayNew York only
5:00 PM6:00 AM next day
6:00 PM7:00 AM next day
7:00 PM8:00 AM next day
8:00 PM9:00 AM next dayTokyo only
9:00 PM10:00 AM next dayTokyo only
10:00 PM11:00 AM next dayTokyo only
11:00 PM12:00 PM next dayTokyo only

The best time for a call

A 9-to-5 day in New York and one in Tokyo don’t overlap at all, so somebody has to stretch. The fairest one-hour slot is usually 6:00 PM in New York, which is 7:00 AM the next day in Tokyo. It asks New York to stay about two hours late and Tokyo to start about two hours early.

Japan doesn’t use daylight saving time, so the gap is 13 hours while New York is on daylight time and 14 hours in winter. Either way the office days don’t touch, and Tokyo is already on the next calendar date for most of New York’s working day.

The realistic slots are a New York evening, around 7 or 8 p.m. Eastern, which is the next morning in Tokyo, or a very early New York morning that catches the Tokyo evening. Keep an eye on the date: a Monday-morning meeting in Tokyo is a Sunday-evening call in New York.

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Why the time difference changes

Tokyo keeps the same time all year (UTC+9). New York doesn’t: its clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November. Every time New York changes, the gap changes with it.

Tokyo compared with New York, Oct 19, 2026 to Oct 19, 2027
FromUntilTokyo is9:00 AM in New York is
TodayNov 1, 202613 hours ahead10:00 PM JST
Nov 1, 2026Mar 14, 202714 hours ahead11:00 PM JST
Mar 14, 2027—13 hours ahead10:00 PM JST

The two time zones

New York

Time zone
Eastern Time (EST / EDT)
UTC offset
UTC−5, or UTC−4 in summer
Daylight saving
Clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November.
Next change
Nov 1, 2026 (clocks go back)
IANA zone
America/New_York

Tokyo

Time zone
Japan Standard Time (JST)
UTC offset
UTC+9 all year
Daylight saving
Not observed
Next change
None — no daylight saving time
IANA zone
Asia/Tokyo

Common questions

What time is it in Tokyo when it’s 9 AM in New York?

10:00 PM while New York is on daylight saving time, and 11:00 PM the rest of the year. Pick a date in the converter above for the exact answer.

Is Tokyo always 13 hours ahead of New York?

No. Over the next twelve months it’s 13 hours most of the time, but it changes with the seasons: Nov 1 until Mar 14, 2027 (14 hours). That’s down to daylight saving time, explained above.

What’s a good time for a meeting between New York and Tokyo?

A 9-to-5 day in New York and one in Tokyo don’t overlap at all, so somebody has to stretch. The fairest one-hour slot is usually 6:00 PM in New York, which is 7:00 AM the next day in Tokyo. It asks New York to stay about two hours late and Tokyo to start about two hours early.

Is Tokyo a day ahead of New York?

For part of the day, yes. On a typical day, from about 11:00 AM in New York onwards it’s already the next day in Tokyo. The converter and hour-by-hour table flag this with a “next day” label.

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