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North American Eastern Time Zone

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EST (shown in yellow) is UTC-5

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America.

Its time offset is UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time.

About its name

In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Eastern Time (ET). Specifically, it is Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when observing daylight saving .

Usage

North America

United States

In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone:
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New York
* North Carolina
* Ohio
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* Vermont
* Virginia
* West Virginia

Others

In North America, apart from the United States, the following countries that use Eastern Time Zone include:
* Canada - most of the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, plus most of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut
* Mexico - the eastern state of Quintana Roo also followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s
* eastern half of Kentucky
* the eastern third of Tennessee
* the majority of Florida
* all of Michigan except the four Upper Peninsula counties that border Wisconsin (Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, Menominee)
* most of Indiana (all except the Chicago and Evansville metropolitan areas)
* Panama
* Jamaica
* Haiti
* Cuba
* the Bahamas
* much of the Caribbean

South America

In South America this time zone is observed in:
* Colombia
* Ecuador (except Galápagos)
* Peru
* Brazil - the state of Acre
* Amazonas - the southwestern region of the state.

Major Metropolitan Areas

*Albany, New York
*Atlanta, Georgia
*Augusta, Georgia
*Baltimore, Maryland
*Bogotá, Colombia
*Boston, Massachusetts
*Buffalo, New York
*Burlington, Vermont
*Charleston, South Carolina
*Charleston, West Virginia
*Charlotte, North Carolina
*Chattanooga, Tennessee
*Cincinnati, Ohio
*Cleveland, Ohio
*Columbia, South Carolina
*Columbus, Ohio
*Detroit, Michigan
*Fort Wayne, Indiana
*Grand Rapids, Michigan
*Greater Sudbury, Ontario
*Greenville, South Carolina
*Guayaquil, Ecuador
*Hamilton, Ontario
*Hampton Roads, Virginia
*Havana, Cuba
*Hartford, Connecticut
*Indianapolis, Indiana
*Jacksonville, Florida
*Key West, Florida
*Kingston, Jamaica
*Knoxville, Tennessee
*La Paz, Bolivia
*Lima, Peru
*Louisville, Kentucky
*Manchester, New Hampshire
*Medellín, Colombia
*Miami, Florida
*Montreal, Quebec
*Nassau, Bahamas
*New York, New York
*Orlando, Florida
*Ottawa, Ontario
*Oshawa, Ontario
*Panama City, Panama
*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*Port-au-Prince, Haiti
*Portland, Maine
*Providence, Rhode Island
*Quebec, Quebec
*Quito, Ecuador
*Raleigh, North Carolina
*Richmond, Virginia
*Rochester, New York
*Springfield, Massachusetts
*Syracuse, New York
*Tampa, Florida
*Thunder Bay, Ontario
*Toronto, Ontario
*Trenton, New Jersey
*Washington, D.C.
*Wilmington, Delaware
*Windsor, Ontario
*Worcester, Massachusetts

See also

*Time zone
*Eastern Daylight Time
*European Summer Time
*Central European Time
*Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
*Alaska Standard Time Zone
*Pacific Standard Time Zone
*Mountain Standard Time Zone
*Central Standard Time Zone
*Atlantic Standard Time Zone
*Newfoundland Standard Time Zone
*Amsterdam Time

Sources

* World time zone map
* U.S. time zone map
* History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion
* Canada time zone map
* What Time Is It In Indiana?
* Time zones for major world cities
*Accurate time for the North American Eastern Time Zone



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