Eastern Time Zone
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This article is about time zone in the Americas. For the time zone in Australia, see Australian Eastern Time.
"New York Time" redirects here. For the newspaper, see The New York Times.
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
Quick Facts UTC offset, EST ...
Eastern Time Zone | |
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Time zone | |
UTC offset | |
EST | UTC−05:00 |
EDT | UTC−04:00 |
Current time | |
23:22, 23 July 2024 EST [refresh] 00:22, 24 July 2024 EDT [refresh] | |
Observance of DST | |
DST is observed in parts of this time zone. |
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- Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00).
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).
On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour gap. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in one hour being duplicated.