Sydney to New York Time

Sydney to New York conversion chart

Every full hour of Thursday, October 15, 2026 in Sydney, and the time in New York. Pick another date in the converter and the chart follows.

Daylight saving time in Sydney and New York

• Sydney: Australian Eastern Time, AEST (UTC+10) in winter and AEDT (UTC+11) in summer. Clocks go forward at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in October and back at 3:00 AM on the first Sunday in April, the dates New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT share, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not change their clocks.
• New York: Eastern Time, EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. Clocks go forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November, a schedule set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Sydney and New York switch in opposite seasons. 2026: New York forward on March 8, Sydney back on April 5, Sydney forward on October 4 and New York back on November 1. 2027: New York forward on March 14, Sydney back on April 4, Sydney forward on October 3 and New York back on November 7.

Seen from Sydney: April 5 narrows the gap from 15 hours to 14 hours, October 4 widens the gap from 14 hours to 15 hours.

Seen from New York: March 8 narrows the gap from 16 hours to 15 hours, November 1 widens the gap from 15 hours to 16 hours.

Across 2026 and 2027 the gap takes 3 values, 14 hours, 16 hours, 15 hours, because Sydney and New York switch in opposite seasons. 14 hours is the most common, on 50% of the days; the other 366 days are highlighted:

• From January 1 to March 7, 2026, Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11) and New York is on EST (UTC−5), so New York is 16 hours behind Sydney.
• New York moves to EDT on March 8, 2026, and Sydney only follows on April 5. For the 28 days in between, New York is 15 hours behind Sydney. 9 AM in Sydney becomes 6:00 PM the day before in New York for those days, an hour off the usual 7:00 PM the day before.
• From October 4 to October 31, 2026, Sydney is already on AEDT (UTC+11) and New York is still on EDT (UTC−4). That makes 28 days on which New York is 15 hours behind Sydney. 9 AM in Sydney becomes 6:00 PM the day before in New York for those days, an hour off the usual 7:00 PM the day before.
• From November 1 to March 13, 2027, Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11) and New York is on EST (UTC−5), so New York is 16 hours behind Sydney.
• New York moves to EDT on March 14, 2027, and Sydney only follows on April 4. For the 21 days in between, New York is 15 hours behind Sydney. A 9 AM start in Sydney is then 6:00 PM the day before in New York, not 7:00 PM the day before.
• From October 3 to November 6, 2027, Sydney is already on AEDT (UTC+11) and New York is still on EDT (UTC−4). That makes 35 days on which New York is 15 hours behind Sydney. Meetings set at 9 AM in Sydney show up at 6:00 PM the day before in New York instead of 7:00 PM the day before.
• From November 7 to December 31, 2027, Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11) and New York is on EST (UTC−5), so New York is 16 hours behind Sydney.

Sydney to New York hour by hour

The table lists 6 AM to 11 PM on a Sydney clock with the New York time for each gap, 14 hours behind, 16 hours behind, 15 hours behind. Not one of these Sydney hours falls inside 9 AM to 5 PM in New York as well, so nothing is highlighted.

Office hours and the best time to meet

With a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM workday on both sides, for each gap of the year:

• 14 hours apart (AEST with EDT), 182 days of 2026: No hour of the Sydney workday falls inside the New York workday. The least awkward hour starts at 7:30 AM in Sydney, which is 5:30 PM the day before in New York; the workday runs over by 1 hour 30 minutes in each city. At the other end of the day, 7:30 PM in Sydney is 5:30 AM in New York, which means 3 hours 30 minutes in each city outside office hours.
• 16 hours apart (AEDT with EST), 127 days of 2026: The 9-to-5 days in Sydney and New York do not overlap. The least awkward hour starts at 8:30 AM in Sydney, which is 4:30 PM the day before in New York; the workday runs over by 30 minutes in each city. At the other end of the day, 2:30 AM in Sydney is 10:30 AM the day before in New York, which means 6 hours 30 minutes in Sydney outside office hours.
• 15 hours apart (AEDT with EDT), 56 days of 2026: The 9-to-5 days in Sydney and New York do not overlap. Least painful: 8:00 AM in Sydney (5:00 PM the day before in New York), outside office hours by 1 hour in each city. At the other end of the day, 2:00 AM in Sydney is 11:00 AM the day before in New York, which means 7 hours in Sydney outside office hours.

The workweek in Sydney and New York

For a Monday to Friday week with 9-to-5 office hours in both cities:

New York is still at 7:00 PM on Sunday when Sydney opens on Monday at 9:00 AM, and Sydney has reached Saturday 7:00 AM by the time New York closes on Friday at 5:00 PM. The 9-to-5 days in Sydney and New York never meet, so every meeting stretches somebody's day.

For 14 hours of every 24, New York is still on the previous date: from midnight to 2:00 PM in Sydney, the New York calendar shows yesterday.

The quick way: to subtract 14 hours, add 10 hours and move one day back. 9:00 AM in Sydney becomes 7:00 PM the day before in New York.

Sydney and New York against UTC

In 2026, Sydney is at UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July, while New York is at UTC−5 in January and UTC−4 in July.

Australia/Sydney and America/New_York are the IANA time zone database entries behind Sydney and New York here.

Comparing more than two places? Add as many cities as you need in the time zone converter, or find a slot that works for everyone with the meeting planner. For timestamps from logs or APIs, the Unix timestamp converter turns them into readable dates.

Sources

The clock change rules above come from these pages. The dates, the gap table, the hour table and the office hours are computed from them and checked against the time zone data at build time.

• NSW Government: Daylight saving
• timeanddate.com: Daylight Saving Time in Australia
• NIST: Daylight Saving Time rules
• timeanddate.com: clock changes in New York
• IANA: Time Zone Database

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Built by Tobias Kurth, designer. Updated October 14, 2026.

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