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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 . Places that use: Eastern Standard Time ( EST ), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ...
UTC−2. (BRT+1) UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00. In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time, and in the Central Time Zone during the other eight months (see Daylight saving time ). The western Caribbean uses it year round.
Standard time in the contiguous United States, illustration 1903. From east to west, the four time zones of the contiguous United States are: Eastern Time Zone (Zone R), which comprises roughly the states on the Atlantic coast and the eastern two thirds of the Ohio Valley.
Most of Florida is in the Eastern Time Zone ( UTC−05:00, DST UTC−04:00 ). The following parts of the Florida panhandle in northwest Florida are in the Central Time Zone ( UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00 ): The 2010 population of all counties that are entirely in the Central Time zone was 995,882 out of a total state population of 18,801,310 at ...
Time zones were introduced in the United States in 1883. They were introduced in different years based on local decisions. Michigan adopted Central Standard Time throughout the state effective September 18, 1885. In 1915, Detroit changed to Eastern time, followed by most of the rest of the state in 1931.
Location of the state of Indiana in the United States, highlighted in red.. The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into Eastern and Central time zones.The official dividing line has generally moved progressively west from its original location on the Indiana–Ohio border, to a position dividing Indiana down the middle, and finally to its current location along much of the Indiana–Illinois border.
The history of standard time in the United States began November 18, 1883, when United States and Canadian railroads instituted standard time in time zones. Before then, time of day was a local matter, and most cities and towns used some form of local solar time, maintained by some well-known clock (for example, on a church steeple or in a ...
Standard time (winter) Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC−05:00. Daylight time (summer) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC−04:00. Independent of daylight saving time, solar noon in Connecticut on the March equinox is approximately 11:54 in the northeast corner and 12:02 in the southwest corner. New England, which includes Connecticut, is one of ...