Which country does EST (timezone) apply to?

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Answer 1

Eastern Time Zone USA

Answer 2

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time. The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 75th degree meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.

In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone in their entirety:

    * Connecticut

    * Delaware

    * District of Columbia

    * Georgia

    * Maine

    * Maryland

    * Massachusetts

    * New Hampshire

    * New Jersey

    * New York

    * North Carolina

    * Ohio

    * Pennsylvania

    * Rhode Island

    * South Carolina

    * Vermont

    * Virginia

    * West Virginia

In Canada, the following provinces and territories are part of the Eastern Time Zone:

    * Ontario (excluding areas west of Thunder Bay but including Atikokan)

    * Quebec (excluding far eastern Côte-Nord and the Magdalen Islands)

    * East-central Nunavut (including part of Melville Peninsula and most of Ellesmere and Baffin Islands, including Iqaluit; Southampton Island does not observe DST)

Mexico

    * Quintana Roo: this eastern state, formerly followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s

[edit] Central America

The countries that use Eastern Time Zone include:

    * Panama

[edit] Caribbean

The countries that use Eastern Time Zone include:

    * Jamaica

    * Haiti

    * Cuba

    * the Bahamas

    * Not all Caribbean countries observe daylight saving time. Most Eastern Caribbean states are in the UTC-4 timezone, which is known in North America as the Atlantic Time Zone and is the equivalent of EDT and one hour ahead of EST.

[edit] South America

In South America this time zone is observed in:

    * Colombia

    * Ecuador (except Galápagos)

    * Peru

    * Parts of Brazil:

          o the state of Acre

          o Amazonas - the southwestern region of the state.