North American Eastern Time Zone
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The Eastern Time Zone 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.
The time observed in this zone in the US portion is called Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when observing daylight savings.
In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Additionally, the eastern half of Kentucky, the eastern third of Tennessee, the majority of Florida, and all of Michigan except the four Upper Peninsula counties that border Wisconsin (Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, Menominee), and most of Indiana (all except the Chicago and Evansville metropolitan areas) are part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone. The parts of these states not in the Eastern Standard Time Zone are in the Central Standard Time Zone.
In Canada, most of the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, plus most of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut belong to the Eastern Standard Time Zone. In Mexico, the eastern state of Quintana Roo also followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s.
Other parts of North America that keep time by subtracting five hours from UTC include Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and much of the Caribbean. In South America this time zone is observed in Colombia, Ecuador (except Galápagos), Peru, and, in Brazil, the state of Acre and the southwestern region of the state of Amazonas.
Major Metropolitan Areas
- Albany, New York
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Augusta, Georgia
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New York
- 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
- 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
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Quebec, Quebec
- Quito, Ecuador
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rochester, New York
- Syracuse, New York
- Tampa, Florida
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario
- Washington, D.C.
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Windsor, Ontario
See also
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight 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
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]
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