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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 .
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.
Time in the United States. In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country observing daylight saving time (DST) for approximately the spring, summer, and fall months.
List of UTC offsets. This is a list of the UTC time offsets, showing the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from the westernmost (−12:00) to the easternmost (+14:00). It includes countries and regions that observe them during standard time or year-round.
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Time zones Time in Indiana: Counties grouped by time zone. Lake Michigan shown in blue at top left. Standard DST US time zone Red UTC−06:00 UTC−05:00 Central Time Yellow UTC−05:00 UTC−04:00 Eastern Time Indiana observes Eastern Time, except for 12 of its 92 counties, which observe Central Time. [2] Six of these counties are in northwestern Indiana, near Chicago (which observes Central ...
History of time in the United States. The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883. Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today.
Most of the United States observes daylight saving time, the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the day, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Exceptions include Arizona (except for the Navajo, who do observe daylight saving time in the Navajo Nation ), [1] Hawaii, [2] and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the ...