Eastern Time ZoneUTC offsetESTEDTCurrent time15:20, 28 August 2019 Observance of DSTDST is observed in parts of this time zone.The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) is a encompassing part or all of 22 in the eastern part of the, parts of eastern, the state of in, in Central America, and certain and Atlantic islands, along with certain countries and parts of countries in South America. Places that use Eastern Standard Time ( EST) when observing (autumn/winter) are five hours behind.Eastern Daylight Time ( EDT), when observing (spring/summer), is four hours behind.In the northern parts of the time zone, 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'.
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On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus 'duplicating' one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving time.The largest city in the Eastern Time Zone is; the is the largest metropolitan area in the zone. Contents.History The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in 1938. For example, the easternmost and northernmost counties in Kentucky were added to the zone in the 1940s, and in 1961 most of the state went Eastern. In 2000, Wayne County, on the Tennessee border, switched from Central to Eastern.
In March 2018, the Legislature passed a bill requesting authorization from for year-round daylight saving time, which would effectively put Florida on year-round (except for west of the, which would be on Eastern Standard Time year-round). Daylight saving time The of 1966, ruled that daylight saving time would run from the last Sunday of April until the last Sunday in October in the United States. The act was amended to make the first Sunday in April the beginning of daylight saving time as of 1987. The extended daylight saving time in the United States beginning in 2007. So local times change at 2:00 a.m. EST to 3:00 a.m.
EDT on the second Sunday in March and return at 2:00 a.m. EDT to 1:00 a.m. EST on the first Sunday in November. In Canada, the time changes as it does in the United States. Main article:The boundary between time zones is set forth in the, with the boundary between the Eastern and being specifically detailed at 49 CFR 71.Seventeen states and are located entirely within the Eastern Time Zone.
They are:.Five states are partly in the Eastern Time Zone, with the remaining portions in the. They are:. – peninsula and regions east of the along with portions of south of the. – all except for northwest and southwest regions.
– eastern 60%.: all, except for the four counties that border:, and.:.: and surrounding areas. (unofficial)Eastern Time is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it includes the capital city (Washington D.C.), the most populous city , and half of the country's population. For this reason, media organizations will often report when events happened or are scheduled to happen in Eastern Time even if they occurred in another time zone, and TV schedules are also almost always posted in Eastern Time. In the United States, all nationally televised morning programs (except which some ABC affiliates on the east coast air on a ), some daytime talk shows, evening newscasts, most talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends (such as ) are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Also post all game times in Eastern time, even if both teams are from the same time zone, outside of Eastern Time. For example, a game time between two teams from Pacific Time Zone will still be posted in Eastern time (for example, one may see 'Seattle at Los Angeles' with '10:00 p.m.' Posted as the start time for the game, often without even clarifying the time is posted in Eastern time).
Most cable television and national broadcast networks advertise airing times in Eastern time. National broadcast networks (, ) generally have two primary feeds, an eastern feed for Eastern and Central time zones, and a western feed for the. The prime time is set on Eastern and Pacific at 8:00 p.m., with the Central time zone stations receiving the eastern feed at 7:00 p.m. Stations receive a separate feed at 7:00 p.m. As Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, during the summer months, it has its own feed at 7:00 p.m. Cable channels with a separate western feed (such as, whose western feed is called 'HBOW') generally air the same programming as the eastern feed delayed by three hours.
Other cable networks such as the repeat their prime time programming three hours later; this allows for the same show to be advertised as airing at '8:00 p.m. E/P' (that is, '8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time'). Networks specializing in the airing of sports events, such as, advertise all of their programming in Eastern and Pacific, incorporating the three-hour time difference (as in '8:00 p.m. Pacific') and leaving viewers in the remaining time zones to calculate start time in their own areas. Mexico. Main article:.: This is the only Mexican state to observe EST.
It moved from Central Time to Eastern Time after a successful lobbying effort by tourism interests.Caribbean Islands and officially observe both Eastern Standard Time during the winter months and Eastern Daylight Time during the summer months. Generally follows the U.S.
With Eastern Standard Time in the winter, and Eastern Daylight Time in the summer, but the exact day of change varies year to year. And use Eastern Standard Time year-round.Turks and Caicos Islands The followed Eastern Time with daylight saving until 2015, when the territory switched to the. The Turks and Caicos Islands switched back to the pre-2015 schedule in March 2018. A 2017 consultation paper highlighted the advantage for business and tourism of being in the same time zone as the as an important factor in the decision. Central and South America.
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Retrieved 21 September 2010. The specification for the Eastern Time Zone is set forth at 49 CFR 71.4, and is listed in and formats. The boundary between Eastern and Central is set forth at 49 CFR 71.5, and is listed in and formats. Retrieved 29 January 2015. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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