UTC−5 Time Zone
Time Zone of a Place
What is the UTC−5 Time Zone?
Answer
UTC−5 Time Zone
5 hours behind UTC
The same offset also has a name: Eastern Time.
Time Zone Facts
- Standard time
- UTC−5
- Daylight saving time
- not observed
- Clock changes
- the clocks do not change
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- No
Where This Zone Applies
Not all of these places change their clocks. On standard time all year: Colombia, Acre and Bogotá.
| Place | Standard time | Clock changes |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil — Acre and the west of Amazonas — Rio Branco and Eirunepé | UTC−5 | No |
| Canada — most of Ontario and Quebec, including Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Colombia | UTC−5 | No |
| Mexico — Quintana Roo — Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum | UTC−5 | No |
| United States — the East Coast and the eastern Midwest | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Acre | UTC−5 | No |
| Connecticut | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Florida — most of the state, including Miami, Orlando and Tampa | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Georgia | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Indiana — most of the state, including Indianapolis and Fort Wayne | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Maine | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Michigan — most of the state, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing | UTC−5 | Yes |
| New York | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Ontario — Atikokan and its surroundings, which stay on EST all year and never switch | UTC−5 | No |
| Ontario — most of the province, including Toronto, Ottawa and Sudbury | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Tennessee — East Tennessee, including Knoxville and Chattanooga | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Virginia | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Washington, D.C. | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Amazonas — the far west, including Eirunepé, Benjamin Constant and Tabatinga | UTC−5 | No |
| Delaware | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Kentucky — the eastern half, including Louisville, Lexington and Frankfort | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Maryland | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Massachusetts | UTC−5 | Yes |
| New Hampshire | UTC−5 | Yes |
| New Jersey | UTC−5 | Yes |
| North Carolina | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Ohio | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Rhode Island | UTC−5 | Yes |
| South Carolina | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Vermont | UTC−5 | Yes |
| West Virginia | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Bogotá | UTC−5 | No |
| Cancún | UTC−5 | No |
| Ottawa | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Philadelphia | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Pittsburgh | UTC−5 | Yes |
| Toronto | UTC−5 | Yes |
Time Difference
- UTC
- 5 hours behind
- Eastern Time
- 1 hour behind
- Mountain Time
- 1 hour ahead
- Pacific Time
- 2 hours ahead
- Moscow Time
- MSK−8
Current time in the zone
UTC−5
UTC−5 — subtract 5 hours from UTC
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UTC Offsets
| Time zone | Standard time |
|---|---|
| UTC−12 | UTC−12 |
| UTC−11 | UTC−11 |
| UTC−10 | UTC−10 |
| UTC−9 | UTC−9 |
| UTC−8 | UTC−8 |
| UTC−7 | UTC−7 |
| UTC−6 | UTC−6 |
| UTC−5 | UTC−5 |
| UTC−4 | UTC−4 |
| UTC−3 | UTC−3 |
| UTC−2 | UTC−2 |
| UTC−1 | UTC−1 |
| UTC | UTC |
| UTC+1 | UTC+1 |
| UTC+2 | UTC+2 |
| UTC+3 | UTC+3 |
| UTC+4 | UTC+4 |
| UTC+5 | UTC+5 |
| UTC+6 | UTC+6 |
| UTC+7 | UTC+7 |
| UTC+8 | UTC+8 |
| UTC+9 | UTC+9 |
| UTC+10 | UTC+10 |
| UTC+11 | UTC+11 |
| UTC+12 | UTC+12 |
| UTC+13 | UTC+13 |
| UTC+14 | UTC+14 |
Time Zone of a Place
This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what is the UTC−5 Time Zone? (The answer is: 5 hours behind UTC). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'UTC−5') and hit the 'Find out' button.
Time Zone of a Place