Also known as: Eastern Time (ET) and Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America, Caribbean.
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What Is Eastern Daylight Time?
Eastern Daylight Time is the easternmost time zone in the United States. It is also used in Canada.
It covers all or parts of 23 states in the US and three provinces or territories in Canada. It is also used in the Caribbean.
Almost half of the population in the USA live in the EDT time zone. The time zone spans from northern Canada to Haiti.
In North America, Eastern Standard Time shares a border with Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) in the east and with Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the west.
EDT or EST?
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a North American time zone in use from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November during Daylight Saving Time (DST). Eastern Standard Time (EST) is used during the remainder of the year.
EDT Is the Eastern Time Zone
In everyday usage, EDT is often referred to as Eastern Time (ET) or the Eastern Time Zone. This can add a bit of confusion as the term Eastern Time does not differentiate between standard time and Daylight Saving Time, so Eastern Time switches between EST and EDT in areas that use DST during part of the year.
Most North American time zones also have generic terms, including Pacific Time (PT), Mountain Time (MT), Central Time (CT), and Atlantic Time (AT).
Converting Eastern Time to Other US Time Zones
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 1 hour ahead of Central Daylight Time (CDT).
To convert EDT to CDT, you have to subtract one hour. - Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 2 hours ahead of Mountain Daylight Time (MSDT).
To convert EDT to MDT, you have to subtract two hours. - Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
To convert EDT to PDT, you have to subtract three hours.
Time Zone Converter: UTC to EDT
Where and When is EDT Observed?
North America
US states using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida - Southern/Eastern parts Show
except Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington counties and norther Gulf county - look in CST/CDT
- Georgia
- Indiana - all except for these north-western counties near Chicago (Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Starke) and these south-western counties in Indiana near Evansville Show
Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Perry
- Kentucky - eastern parts Show
counties of Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Hanco*ck, Hansock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, Mason, McCreary, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nelson, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Taylor, Trimble, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan - most except these western counties Show
Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee - which are on CST/CDT
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee - eastern counties Show
Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, co*cke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hanco*ck, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Canadian provinces/territories using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:
- Nunavut - most of it Show
except Kugluktuk, Cambridge Bay - CST/CDT and Southampton Island (Coral Harbor) EST all year
- Ontario - most parts east of 90 West and two communities west of 90 West Show
Shebandowan, Upsala
- Quebec - most of it Show
except East of 63 West, Blanc Sablon which observe AST all year
Caribbean
Caribbean countries using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:
- Bahamas
- Haiti
Other Eastern Daylight Time Zones
Time zones can have similar names and abbreviations but have a different UTC offset:
- Eastern European Summer Time (EEST): UTC +3
- Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT): UTC +11
- Eastern Greenland Summer Time (EGST): UTC -1
Other Time Zones in UTC -4
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as EDT, but can be found under a different name:
- AMT – Amazon Time
- AST – Atlantic Standard Time
- BOT – Bolivia Time
- CDT – Cuba Daylight Time
- CIDST – Cayman Islands Daylight Saving Time
- CLT – Chile Standard Time
- FKT – Falkland Island Time
- GYT – Guyana Time
- PYT – Paraguay Time
- Q – Quebec Time Zone
- VET – Venezuelan Standard Time
