EDT – Eastern Daylight Time
North American time zones:
Time zone offset: UTC - 4 hours
EDT is 4 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Note that EDT is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter EST is used instead
Time zone abbreviations: EDT, HAE
Full name is Eastern Daylight Time
HAE – Heure Avancée de l'Est (French)
Email time zone indicator: -0400
An email sent from someone in the EDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0400" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0400" does not have to be in EDT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
EDT is used during summer in these Canadian provinces (EST during winter)
* Nunavut - most of it
except Kugluktuk, Cambridge Bay - CST/CDT and Southampton Island (Coral Harbor) EST all year
* Ontario - most parts east of 90 West and two communities west of 90 West
Shebandowan, Upsala
The rest use CST/CDT or only CST
* Quebec - most of it
except East of 63 West, Blanc Sablon which observe AST all year |
