Eastern Time

New York's clock

Eastern Time is the time zone covering the eastern United States and parts of Canada, five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time during standard time and four hours behind during daylight saving time.

It's the zone for New York, Washington, and other major East Coast cities: The meeting is at 3 p.m. Eastern Time.

Often abbreviated ET, EST (standard), or EDT (daylight).

geography

New York

Northeastern metropolis and state

Boston · Philadelphia · Toronto · Montreal · Detroit · Charlotte · Orlando · Maine · Florida · Georgia

business

Wall Street

American finance hub

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EST

UTC minus five

synchronize · jet lag · timezone · North America · fall back · spring forward

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synchronization

Aligning timing across systems

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us time zone geography

Eastern TimePacific Standard Time

Western US timezone

PST · Central Time · PT

global time zone position

Eastern TimeInternational Date Line

Longitude where calendar shifts

Greenwich Mean Time · UTC

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