EST timezone | use est time
The"EasternStandardTime"isoneofthebestknowntimezonesworldwide,becausethelargestcitiesoftheCanadianandtheUS-AmericanEastCoastarelocatedhere.ItisUTC-5,whichis5hoursbehindtheUniversalTimeCoordinated,whichstartsinGreenwich.SinceCentralEuropewiththeCentralEuropeanStandardTimeliesinthetimezoneUTC+1,thereisusuallyadifferenceof6hours.Deviationsfromthisoccurwhensomecountriesorregionsswitchtodaylightsavingtime.SothetimedifferencebetweenEasternStandardTimeandCentralEuropeanStandardTime[2](CET)is-6hours...
The "Eastern Standard Time" is one of the best known time zones worldwide, because the largest cities of the Canadian and the US-American East Coast are located here. It is UTC-5, which is 5 hours behind the Universal Time Coordinated, which starts in Greenwich.Since Central Europe with the Central European Standard Time lies in the time zone UTC+1, there is usually a difference of 6 hours. Deviations from this occur when some countries or regions switch to daylight saving time. So the time difference between Eastern Standard Time and Central European Standard Time[2] (CET) is -6 hours. To the United Kingdom it is -5 hours and -17 to Melbourne.
Eastern Standard Time is currently used in 9 countries.
[1]Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time Standard Time is the time zone that is considered optimal in a region according to the position of the sun. In theory, the sun is highest at noon in this part of the globe. In practice, however, there are numerous deviations from this, ...