Eastern Time Zone

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The Eastern Time Zone is a standard time zone used by the eastern portion of North America, including major U.S. cities such as New York and Washington, D.C.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf standard time zone
time zone
abbreviationDaylightSavingTime EDT
abbreviationStandardTime EST
adjacentTimeZoneEast Atlantic Time Zone
adjacentTimeZoneWest Central Time Zone
alsoKnownAs ET
Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Time

Eastern Time Zone
surface form: North American Eastern Time Zone
DSTEndRule first Sunday in November (US and Canada)
DSTStartRule second Sunday in March (US and Canada)
followsDaylightSavingRulesOf Canada (most locations)
United States of America
surface form: United States (most locations)
governingBodyForDST United States Department of Transportation
hasPeakUsageInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
IANATimeZoneIdentifierExample America/Bogota
America/Detroit
America/Lima
Eastern Time Zone self-linksurface differs
surface form: America/New_York

America/Toronto
includesMajorCity Atlanta
Bogotá
Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Detroit
Lima
Miami
Montreal
New York City
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Quebec City
Toronto
Washington, D.C.
observes Eastern Time Zone self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Eastern Time Zone self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Standard Time
partOf North American time zones
typicalOffsetFromCentralTime 1 hour ahead
typicalOffsetFromPacificTime 3 hours ahead
usedByFinancialMarket NASDAQ
New York Stock Exchange
usedByGovernment Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
United States government
surface form: United States federal government (Washington, D.C.)
usedByUSStatePortion Province of Delaware
surface form: Delaware

Florida
surface form: Florida (most of state)

Georgia
Indiana (most of state)
Kentucky
surface form: Kentucky (eastern portion)

Maryland
Michigan (most of state)
New England
surface form: New England states

Province of New Jersey
surface form: New Jersey

New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee (eastern portion)
Virginia
West Virginia
usedFor civil timekeeping
usedInCountry Bahamas
Brazil (Acre and western Amazonas historically; some areas use UTC−05:00)
Canada
Cayman Islands
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
surface form: Ecuador (continental)

Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States of America
surface form: United States
usedInRegion Caribbean
eastern North America
parts of Central America
parts of South America
UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime UTC−04:00
UTCOffsetStandardTime UTC−05:00

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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec observes Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Lyndon Township, Michigan timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Lyndon Township, Michigan timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Corona locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Corona, Queens
Three Chimneys Farm locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Little Falls, New Jersey locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Little Falls, New Jersey timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Prospect Hill neighborhood timeZone Eastern Time Zone
East Bronx locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Oregon Hill neighborhood locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Oregon Hill
Queens Community District 14 timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Queens Community District 14 daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Valley Stream, New York locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Valley Stream, New York timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Monroe, Connecticut timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Monroe, Connecticut timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Vinalhaven, Maine, United States locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Vinalhaven, Maine
Plympton, Massachusetts locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Plympton, Massachusetts timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Sandwich, Massachusetts timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Westfield, Maine locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Westfield, Maine timeZoneStandard Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Standard Time
Westfield, Maine timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Schaghticoke, New York timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Crofton, Maryland locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Carlstadt, New Jersey locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Carlstadt, New Jersey timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Rosedale locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Colchester, Vermont timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Davie, Florida timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Regional Municipality of Niagara timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Ukrainian Museum locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
City of Winchester locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Reading, Ohio timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Reading, Ohio timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Lee County timeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Lee County, Florida
City of Frankenmuth locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
City of Zilwaukee timeZone Eastern Time Zone
City of Zilwaukee daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Hopewell locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
village of Ringoes, New Jersey locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Ringoes, New Jersey
village of Ringoes, New Jersey timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Ringoes, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time