Time Zones in New York, United States (2024)

FAQs

Is it currently EST or EDT in New York? ›

Please note: Most locations in the Eastern Time zone are currently observing EDT, not EST. See Eastern Time. When the time was 10:00AM on Tuesday, June 25 in Eastern Standard Time, it was 11:00AM in New York. Eastern Standard Time is 1 hour behind New York.

EST is half of the New York time zone, effectively. It's always in standard time - it doesn't have the daylight saving part.

Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00).

None of the 50 US states have three time zones. However, there are some states with two time zones. These are: Alaska (Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian)

EST — Eastern Standard Time.

During daylight saving, which starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November, the time is moved forward by one hour. This means that EDT is ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) by one hour. So, if you want to convert EDT to Central Daylight Time (CDT), you subtract one hour.

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There are 22 states in the Eastern time zone: Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana and Kentucky.

When the time was 05:00AM on Tuesday, June 25 in Utah, it was 07:00AM in New York. Utah is 2 hours behind New York.

California is 3 hours behind New York.

Is New York getting rid of daylight savings time? ›

And though not every state participates, New York does — for now. During the fall 2023 legislative session, lawmakers introduced a pair of bills in the New York State Assembly and Senate to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Those leading the charge are from upstate counties, including state Sen.

Alaska Standard Time, centered on the 150°W meridian, is also known as Hawaii Standard Time--it is numbered "-10." Alaska spans 57.5 degrees of longitude (four time zones), which is almost exactly the same as the 57.6 degrees between Maine and Washington, thus the "South 48" also span four time zones.

The four main ones are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Standard Time. The two others are Alaska Standard Time and Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, observed only by Alaska and Hawaii respectively.

If we look at a time zone map, we see that the time zone 12 hours ahead of EST is ICT, a.k.a. Indochina Time [Zone]. From north to south, the countries located in the ICT are Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

Other nations, such as Nepal, use quarter-hour deviations. This means that there are approximately 40 time zones rather than 24.