EDT – Eastern Daylight Time

Time zone offset: UTC + 11 hours

EDT is 11 hours ahead 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, AEDT, EST

Full name is Eastern Daylight Time
EDT – (Australian) Eastern Summer Time (Alternative name for EDT)
AEDT – Australian Eastern Daylight Time or Australian Eastern Summer Time (Alternative - often used in international context to avoid confusion with EDT/Eastern Daylight Time in Northern America)
EST – Eastern Summer Time (Alternative - same abbreviation as for Eastern Standard Time)

Email time zone indicator: +1100

An email sent from someone in the EDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "+1100" in the headers of the email. (However, "+1100" does not have to be in EDT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is EDT observed?

Eastern Daylight Time is used during summer in these Australian territories (Eastern Standard Time during winter)

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales - except Yancowinna County (CST/CDT)
• Tasmania
• Victoria

Example location in EDT

• Canberra - during summer

Other time zones in Australia

• NFT - Norfolk (Island) Time
• EST - Eastern Standard Time
• CST - Central Standard Time
• CDT - Central Daylight Time
• WST - Western Standard Time
• WDT - Western Daylight Time
• CXT - Christmas Island Time