Eastern Standard Time

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Eastern Standard Time

proper noun

The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).
Similar: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern Time Zone, EST

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name time zone

Español	horario del este
Français	heure normale de l'est

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@misc{eastern_standard_time_2026,
  title = {Eastern Standard Time},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eastern%20standard%20time},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}