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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Siena, New York, United States timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Flemington, New Jersey locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Cecil County, Maryland timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sagaponack, New York locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sagaponack, New York timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Mount Vernon Square locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Pennsauken locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Scio Township, Michigan timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Anderson metropolitan area timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Anderson metropolitan area daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Hopewell, New Jersey timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Hopewell, New Jersey timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Hope Mills, North Carolina timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Spring Lake, North Carolina timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Spring Lake, North Carolina timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Fayetteville Regional Airport timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Fayetteville Regional Airport DSTtimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Sadieville, Kentucky timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sadieville, Kentucky timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Ohio Panhandle timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Fort Steuben locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Weirton, West Virginia locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
eastern Ohio locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Eastern Ohio
Belle Mead, New Jersey timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Belle Mead, New Jersey timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Rocky Hill (historically, before borough separation) hasDaylightSavingTime Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
County Route 579 locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Martin County locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Windsor Mill, Maryland locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Keswick timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sutton locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Jackson’s Point locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Pefferlaw timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Pefferlaw timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Baldwin locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Udora locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Belhaven timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Town of Mansfield, Connecticut timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Town of Mansfield, Connecticut daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Town of Truro locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Bronx Community District 8 timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Bronx Community District 8 daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
New Lebanon Cemetery, New Lebanon, New York locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: New Lebanon Cemetery
KCS locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Knox County Schools