South America: parts of states like Acre, Amazons, Panama, and Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.Turks and Caicos Island: it used to fall under it until 2015 then again covered under Eastern Time Zone after 2018.
Parts of Caribbean Island are covered with the Eastern Time Zone.Mexico: there is only one state that comes under this, that is Quintana Roo.There are some other states too that come under this but it is not official yet. United States: Most of the United States comes under the Eastern Time Zone, states that entirely come under this are: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia and the states that partially comes under this are: Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.Canada: several parts of Canada that come under the Eastern Time Zone are Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut.Abbreviations EST is for Eastern Standard Time and EDT is used for Eastern Daylight Time CST is used for Central Standard Time and CDT is used for Central Daylight Time What is Eastern Time Zone?įollowing are the countries that are part of the Eastern Time Zone: Runs through states that do not touch the Atlantic Ocean. Minnesota to Louisiana, from Illinois to Kansas and Texas also parts of Canada Touches Atlantic Ocean Runs through all states that touch the Atlantic Ocean. The left side of the states of the eastern time zone Affect States Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Caribbean, parts of Canada, etc. Runs alongside The eastern seaboard of the United States. Comparison Table Between Eastern Time Zone and Central Time Zone Parameters of Comparison Eastern Time Zone Central Time Zone Difference in Time It is one hour ahead. It is called Tiempo Centrale Estandar in spanish. North America comes under the Central Time Zone which on the left sides of the Eastern Time zone states which do not touch the Atlantic Ocean and is behind 6 hours (CST) and 5 hours ( CDT) of coordinated Universal Time. It is often called Tiempo del Este and Heure Normale d l’Est by the Spanish and the French Population. Eastern Time Zone is the time zone of North America running along with the states which touch the Atlantic Ocean and is behind 5 hours (EST) and four hours ( EDT) the coordinated Universal Time.