Time zone offset: UTC - 5 hours
EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Note that most places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using EDT instead in the summer. See below for details.
Time zone abbreviations: EST, HNE
Full name is Eastern Standard Time
HNE – Heure Normale de l'Est (French)
Email time zone indicator: -0500
An email sent from someone in the EST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0500" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0500" does not have to be in EST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
EST is used during winter only in these Canadian provinces (EDT during summer)
* 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
EST is used all year
* Nunavut - Southampton Island only (Coral Harbour)
EST was used all year
* Until 2005, most of Indiana did not observe DST, but from 2006 Indiana is observing DST.
Example locations in EST
* New York - during winter
* Coral Harbour - all year |
