UTC−05:00
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UTC−05:00 is a time offset that subtracts 5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time, and in the Central Time Zone during the other 8 months (see Daylight saving time). The Western Caribbean uses it year round.
Eastern Standard Time (Northern Hemisphere winter)
- United States
- All of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Most of Florida, Indiana, and Michigan
- Eastern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee
- Unofficial use in several communities in Russell County, Alabama, including Phenix City. Although the legal time for all of Alabama during the standard time period is Central Time (UTC–6), Phenix City and its surrounding communities informally synchronize their clocks with the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia, directly across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City.
- Caribbean
Central Daylight Time (Northern Hemisphere summer)
- Canada
- United States
- Mexico
- Central and Eastern areas (most of country). In most of Mexico, Daylight Time starts a few weeks after the United States. Communities on the U.S. border that observe Central Time follow the U.S. daylight time schedule.
Standard time all year round
- Canada - Southampton Island only
- Caribbean
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Jamaica
- Central and South America
Easter Island Summer Time
- Chile - Easter Island. See also Time in Chile.
See also
- Time in Canada
- Time in Colombia
- Time in Ecuador
- Time in Mexico
- Time in Peru
- Time in the United States
- Eastern Standard Time
- Central Daylight Time
- List of places using UTC-05:00
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