Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America, Caribbean, Central America.

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) [1] is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern United States, parts of eastern Canada, some Caribbean islands and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

Eastern Time (ET) is the easternmost time zone in the United States. It is also used in Canada. Almost half of the population in the USA live in the ET time zone. It spans from northern Canada and all the way south to Panama near the equator.

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Eastern Standard Time is one of the most populous time zones in the world, covering major urban centers in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. It is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5).

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The United States spans four standard Time Zones—Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific—each Time Zone is one hour apart from east to west. That means a three-hour gap between New York and Los Angeles on the same calendar day.