Eastern Time (EST/EDT)

Eastern Time follows the local rules of the places below. The abbreviation and UTC offset update when their clocks change. This clock shifts for daylight saving — for the places that stay on standard time all year, see Eastern Standard Time.

Representative time zone: America/New_York. Currently Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC −04:00.

Used in the Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States.