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Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
On November 12, 2021 some shaded areas are on UTC−6 (Central Standard Time).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 7, 2021, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 13, 2022, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone