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, a public art installation showing the time in New York CityThe
Eastern Time Zone (
ET) 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 clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 75th degree
Meridian (geography) west of the Greenwich Observatory.
In the United States and
Canada, this time zone is generally called
Eastern Time (ET). Specifically, it is
Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing
standard time (
Winter), and
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when observing
daylight saving time (
Summer).The
1966 Uniform Time Act in the USA meant that EDT was instituted on the last Sunday in April, starting in 1966, throughout most of the USA. {{cite web | last = Prerau
| first = David
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = Early adoption and U.S. Law
| work = Daylight Saving Time
| publisher = Web Exhibit
| date =
| url = http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/e.html
| format = HTML
| doi =
| accessdate = 2007-04-23--> EST would be re-instituted on the last Sunday in October. The act was amended to make the first Sunday in April the beginning of EDT as of . In some areas, starting in , the local time changes at 02:00 EST to 03:00 EDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 02:00 EDT to 01:00 EST on the first Sunday in November. In Canada the time changes as the US does.
The modern code for Eastern Time Zone is "America/New_York". {{cite web | last = Law
| first = Gwillim
| title = United States Time Zones
| date = [2007-09-21
| url = http://www.statoids.com/tus.html
| format = HTML-->
Usage
North America
Canada
In
Canada, the following Provinces and territories of Canada are part of the Eastern Time Zone:
United States
In the
United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone in their entirety:
The exact specification for the location of
time zones and the dividing line between zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 71.The specification for the Eastern Time Zone is set forth at 49 CFR 71.4, and is listed in Text and pdf formats.
The boundary between Eastern and Central is set forth at 49 CFR 71.5, and is listed in text and pdf formats.
Parts of several other states use Eastern Time as well:
- nearly all of Florida except for the part of the panhandle west of the Apalachicola River. Approaching the Gulf of Mexico, the line jumps west to the Bay/Gulf county line.
- most of Indiana (all except the Evansville, Indiana metropolitan area and the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois)
- all of Kentucky from the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area eastward
- all of Michigan except the four Upper Peninsula of Michigan counties that border Wisconsin (Gogebic County, Michigan, Iron County, Michigan, Dickinson County, Michigan, Menominee County, Michigan)
- the eastern third of Tennessee, almost but not precisely coterminous with the region legally designated as East Tennessee
- some towns in eastern Alabama, including Phenix City, Alabama, Smiths Station, Alabama, Lanett, Alabama, and Valley, Alabama, observe Eastern Time, although they are officially in the Central Time Zone. This is primarily because they are part of the Columbus, Georgia media market.
Other countries
The following countries that use Eastern Time Zone include:
- Mexico - the eastern state of Quintana Roo also followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s
- Panama
- Jamaica
- Haiti
- Cuba
- the Bahamas
- Not all Caribbean countries observe Daylight saving time. Most Eastern Caribbean states are in the UTC-4 timezone, which is known in North America as the Atlantic Standard Time Zone and is the equivalent of EDT and one hour ahead of EST.
South America
In South America this time zone is observed in:
Major Metropolitan Areas
- Albany, New York
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Augusta, Maine
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bangor, Maine
- Barrie, Ontario
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New York
- Burlington, Vermont
- Cali, Colombia
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Columbus, Ohio
- Detroit, Michigan
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Greater Sudbury
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Guelph, Ontario
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Havana, Cuba
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Iqaluit
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Key West, Florida
- Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica
- Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- La Paz, Bolivia, Bolivia
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Lima, Peru, Peru
- London, Ontario
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Manchester, New Hampshire
- Medellín, Colombia
- Miami, Florida
- Montreal
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Newark, New Jersey
- Norfolk, Virginia
- New Haven, Connecticut
- New York City
- Orlando, Florida
- Ottawa
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Panama City, Panama
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Portland, Maine
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Quebec City
- Quito, Ecuador
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rio Branco, Brazil
- Rochester, New York
- Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Syracuse, New York
- Tampa, Florida
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Toledo, Ohio
- Toronto
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Washington, D.C.
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Windsor, Ontario
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Worcester, Massachusetts
See also
Sources
- The official U.S. time for the Eastern Time Zone
- World time zone map
- U.S. time zone map
- History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion
- Canada time zone map
- Time zones for major world cities
- Official U.S. time for the Eastern Time Zone
- Official times across Canada
- Federal Regulations defining time zones
References
, a public art installation showing the time in New York CityThe
Eastern Time Zone (
ET) 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 clock time in this zone is based on the
mean solar time of the 75th degree
Meridian (geography) west of the
Greenwich Observatory.
In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generally called
Eastern Time (ET). Specifically, it is
Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time (
Winter), and
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when observing
daylight saving time (Summer).The
1966 Uniform Time Act in the USA meant that EDT was instituted on the last Sunday in April, starting in 1966, throughout most of the USA. {{cite web | last = Prerau
| first = David
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = Early adoption and U.S. Law
| work = Daylight Saving Time
| publisher = Web Exhibit
| date =
| url = http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/e.html
| format = HTML
| doi =
| accessdate = 2007-04-23--> EST would be re-instituted on the last Sunday in October. The act was amended to make the first Sunday in April the beginning of EDT as of
. In some areas, starting in
, the local time changes at 02:00 EST to 03:00 EDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 02:00 EDT to 01:00 EST on the first Sunday in November. In Canada the time changes as the US does.
The modern code for Eastern Time Zone is "America/New_York". {{cite web | last = Law
| first = Gwillim
| title = United States Time Zones
| date = [2007-09-21
| url = http://www.statoids.com/tus.html
| format = HTML-->
Usage
North America
Canada
In Canada, the following Provinces and territories of Canada are part of the Eastern Time Zone:
United States
In the
United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone in their entirety:
The exact specification for the location of time zones and the dividing line between zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 71.The specification for the Eastern Time Zone is set forth at 49 CFR 71.4, and is listed in Text and pdf formats.
The boundary between Eastern and Central is set forth at 49 CFR 71.5, and is listed in text and pdf formats.
Parts of several other states use Eastern Time as well:
- nearly all of Florida except for the part of the panhandle west of the Apalachicola River. Approaching the Gulf of Mexico, the line jumps west to the Bay/Gulf county line.
- most of Indiana (all except the Evansville, Indiana metropolitan area and the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois)
- all of Kentucky from the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area eastward
- all of Michigan except the four Upper Peninsula of Michigan counties that border Wisconsin (Gogebic County, Michigan, Iron County, Michigan, Dickinson County, Michigan, Menominee County, Michigan)
- the eastern third of Tennessee, almost but not precisely coterminous with the region legally designated as East Tennessee
- some towns in eastern Alabama, including Phenix City, Alabama, Smiths Station, Alabama, Lanett, Alabama, and Valley, Alabama, observe Eastern Time, although they are officially in the Central Time Zone. This is primarily because they are part of the Columbus, Georgia media market.
Other countries
The following countries that use Eastern Time Zone include:
- Mexico - the eastern state of Quintana Roo also followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s
- Panama
- Jamaica
- Haiti
- Cuba
- the Bahamas
- Not all Caribbean countries observe Daylight saving time. Most Eastern Caribbean states are in the UTC-4 timezone, which is known in North America as the Atlantic Standard Time Zone and is the equivalent of EDT and one hour ahead of EST.
South America
In
South America this time zone is observed in:
- Colombia
- Ecuador (except Galápagos)
- Peru
- Parts of Brazil:
- the state of Acre (state)
- Amazonas (Brazilian state) - the southwestern region of the state.
Major Metropolitan Areas
- Albany, New York
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Augusta, Maine
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bangor, Maine
- Barrie, Ontario
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New York
- Burlington, Vermont
- Cali, Colombia
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Columbus, Ohio
- Detroit, Michigan
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Greater Sudbury
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Guelph, Ontario
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Havana, Cuba
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Iqaluit
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Key West, Florida
- Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica
- Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- La Paz, Bolivia, Bolivia
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Lima, Peru, Peru
- London, Ontario
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Manchester, New Hampshire
- Medellín, Colombia
- Miami, Florida
- Montreal
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Newark, New Jersey
- Norfolk, Virginia
- New Haven, Connecticut
- New York City
- Orlando, Florida
- Ottawa
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Panama City, Panama
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Portland, Maine
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Quebec City
- Quito, Ecuador
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rio Branco, Brazil
- Rochester, New York
- Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Syracuse, New York
- Tampa, Florida
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Toledo, Ohio
- Toronto
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Washington, D.C.
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Windsor, Ontario
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Worcester, Massachusetts
See also
Sources
- The official U.S. time for the Eastern Time Zone
- World time zone map
- U.S. time zone map
- History of U.S. time zones and UTC conversion
- Canada time zone map
- Time zones for major world cities
- Official U.S. time for the Eastern Time Zone
- Official times across Canada
- Federal Regulations defining time zones
References
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