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UTC-5: Blue (December), Orange (June), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue - Sea areas
UTC−5 is the time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time (DST).
For North America see also Eastern Standard Time and Central Daylight Time, in the Caribbean region this is considered as the Western Caribbean timezone. There are possibly various other names in other countries.
[edit] As standard time (all year round)
[edit] As standard time (Northern Hemisphere Winter)
Eastern Standard Time
Canada
United States
- all of
Connecticut,
Delaware,
District of Columbia,
Georgia (U.S. state),
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Vermont,
Virginia,
West Virginia
- most of
Florida,
Indiana,
Michigan
- Eastern parts of
Kentucky,
Tennessee
[edit] As DST (Northern Hemisphere Summer)
Central Daylight Time
United States
- all of
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Wisconsin
- most of
Kansas ,
Nebraska,
North Dakota,
Oklahoma,
South Dakota ,
Tennessee,
Texas
- western portions of
Florida,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Michigan
Mexico
- Central and Eastern areas (most of country). Mexico's Daylight Times start a few weeks after the United States
[edit] See also