| The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC).
In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
Additionally, the eastern half of Kentucky, the eastern quarter of Tennessee, the majority of Florida, and all
of Michigan except Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson and Menominee counties are part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone. The parts of these states not in
the Eastern Standard Time Zone are in the Central
Standard Time Zone.
Most of Indiana (all except the Gary, Indiana and Evansville, Indiana
metro areas) is part of the Eastern Standard Time Zone. However, most of that portion of the state does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST). Areas of the state in close proximity
to the metro areas of Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky do observe DST.
Other parts of the world that keep time by subtracting five hours from UTC include Cuba,
most of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and
Ontario, the Bahamas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, Haiti, and Panama.
Major metropolitan areas in the Eastern Time Zone include:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Belize City, Belize
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Detroit, Michigan
- Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Havana, Cuba
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Kingston, Jamaica
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Lima, Peru
- Medellín, Colombia
- Miami, Florida
- Montreal, Quebec
- Nassau, Bahamas
- New York, New York
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Panama City, Panama
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Quebec, Quebec
- Quito, Ecuador
- Toronto, Ontario
- Washington, DC
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