Convert MST to EST
EST = MST +2 h
EST is 2 hours ahead of MST. MST is always UTC−7 and EST is always UTC−5, so this gap is the same on every date.
MST · Mountain Standard Time · UTC−7
5:14AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
EST · Eastern Standard Time · UTC−5
7:14AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Denver is on MST (UTC−7) right now.
New York is on EST (UTC−5) right now.
MST to EST for every hour
Every hour of the MST day with the matching EST time, valid on any date. From 10:00 PM MST, EST is already on the next calendar day.
| MST | EST +2 h | 24-hour |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 00:00 → 02:00 |
| 1:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 01:00 → 03:00 |
| 2:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 02:00 → 04:00 |
| 3:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 03:00 → 05:00 |
| 4:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 04:00 → 06:00 |
| 5:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 05:00 → 07:00 |
| 6:00 AM | 8:00 AM | 06:00 → 08:00 |
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 07:00 → 09:00 |
| 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 08:00 → 10:00 |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 09:00 → 11:00 |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 10:00 → 12:00 |
| 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 11:00 → 13:00 |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 12:00 → 14:00 |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 13:00 → 15:00 |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 14:00 → 16:00 |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 15:00 → 17:00 |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 16:00 → 18:00 |
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 17:00 → 19:00 |
| 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 18:00 → 20:00 |
| 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 19:00 → 21:00 |
| 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 20:00 → 22:00 |
| 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 21:00 → 23:00 |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM +1 day | 22:00 → 00:00 |
| 11:00 PM | 1:00 AM +1 day | 23:00 → 01:00 |
Bold rows fall inside office hours (9:00 to 17:00) on both sides. The dot marks the current MST hour.
Does the difference change during the year?
No. Denver and New York both change their clocks, on the same dates and in the same direction, so the gap of 2 hours holds all year.
On the change nights themselves the two sides do not switch at the same instant. Each changes at its own local time, so for 2 hours in the early hours the gap between the local clocks is different: 3 h on Mar 14 and 1 h on Nov 7, 2027. That matters only for events scheduled in the middle of the night.
Converting MST to EST by hand
Add 2 hours: 3:30 PM MST is 5:30 PM EST.
Going back from EST to MST, do the opposite: the EST to MST page has its own table.
Where the MST and EST working days overlap
Two 9:00–17:00 days share 6 hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM MST, which is 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST.
What MST and EST mean
Mountain Standard Time
MST is UTC−7: winter time in Denver and Salt Lake City, and all-year time in most of Arizona (Phoenix), Sonora and Yukon. British Columbia also stays on UTC−7 all year since 2026, so Vancouver now keeps MST through the winter.
Eastern Standard Time
EST is UTC−5. The US East Coast and eastern Canada (New York, Washington, Miami, Toronto, Montreal) use it only in winter; from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November they are on EDT, UTC−4. Jamaica, Panama and Cancún keep it all year, and since 2026 so does Manitoba (Winnipeg).