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.

All labels observed (28)

How this entity was disambiguated

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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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village of Millerton locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Millerton, New York
village of Millerton timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Millerton, New York
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Town of North East timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Town of North East daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Brighton Line services timezone Eastern Time Zone
Pepperell, Massachusetts timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Pepperell, Massachusetts observesDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Pleasantville, New York locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Stetson, Maine timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Stetson, Maine timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Sterling, Virginia locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Broadlands, Virginia timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Broadlands, Virginia timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Amesbury, Massachusetts timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Qikiqtaaluk Region locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Miami, Florida, United States locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Miami
Meredith College locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Mattapan timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Glynn County timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sumter County timeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Sumter County, Georgia
Sullivan County, New Hampshire timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Sullivan County, New Hampshire followsTimeZoneInDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Oxford, North Carolina timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Oxford, North Carolina timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Germantown, Pennsylvania timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Ocean County, New Jersey locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Catskill, New York timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Catskill, New York timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
East Rock locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Southern Maryland locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Waterford timeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Waterford, New York
Greenville locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Greenville (Jersey City)
Florida timeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Florida, Massachusetts
Florida daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
subject surface form: Florida, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Newport News, Virginia timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Killingly, Connecticut locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Killingly, Connecticut usesTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Standard Time
Killingly, Connecticut usesTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Portsmouth, New Hampshire timeZone Eastern Time Zone
New York State Route 55 locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Fort White, Florida locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Fort White, Florida timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
Town of Orangetown timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Houghs Neck timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Ada, West Virginia locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
Coweta County timeZone Eastern Time Zone
Coweta County timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
this entity surface form: Eastern Daylight Time