Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Universal Time, Coordinated (UTC).
In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone:
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Michigan
- West Virginia
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Additionally, the eastern half of Kentucky, the eastern quarter of Tennessee, and the majority of Florida are part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone.
Most of Indiana is part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone, but does not observe Daylight Savings Time, a period of time between April and October in which the Eastern Standard Time Zone keeps time by subtracting four hours from UTC.
Other parts of the world that keep time by subtracting five hours from UTC include Cuba, portions of Canada (including Quebec), the Bahamas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, Haiti, and Panama.