English Explanatory Dictionary

Eastern Standard Time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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).

Word forms

Eastern Standard Time

Synonyms

Eastern Standard Time Zone Eastern Time Zone EST

Related words

Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Time Eastern Timezone Alaska Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time Central Standard Time Greenland Standard Time Hawaii Standard Time Mountain Standard Time Newfoundland Standard Time Pacific Standard Time
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