It’s 7am where Auntie Joyce is in Australia, but Uncle Fred lives in India, where it’s 4.30am.Īunty Sandra lives in Nigeria, where it’s midnight.Īnd Uncle Terry lives way over in Mexico where it’s 5pm.Īnyway, if I’m to look my best for my birthday party, I’d better get some sleep. They are divided by imaginary lines called meridians which run from the North to the South Pole. Which means in a few hours, the Sun will shine on my side of the planet, making it daytime.Īnd her side of the planet will become shaded, making it night-time.īecause the time is different depending on where you are in the world, everyone has agreed to split the world up into time zones. The Earth is steadily turning on its axis all the time. The sun is shining on her side of the Earth at the moment, which means it’s daytime there, but because I’m on the shady side of the planet, it’s night-time here. I’m in the UK but Auntie Joyce lives all the way round the other side of the planet in Australia. It’s because she forgets that we live on different sides of the planet.
Sue Venir: Auntie Joyce always rings me very late at night. It’s actually 11pm here on the day before my birthday, but it’s still lovely to hear from you.Īuntie Joyce: Oh sorry! I forgot about the time difference. Sue Venir: Oh, err… thank you Auntie Joyce, it’s so kind of you to ring. "Parts of Eastern Alabama split between 2 time zones". Amazonas - the southwestern region of the state.In South America this time zone is observed in: Not all Caribbean countries observe Daylight saving time.Mexico - the eastern state of Quintana Roo also followed EST for a brief period in the 1990s.The following countries that use Eastern Time Zone include: The main reason for this is because they are close to Columbus, Georgia, which is in the Eastern Time Zone. some towns in eastern Alabama, including Phenix City, Smiths Station, Lanett, and Valley, observe Eastern Time, although they are officially in the Central Time Zone.all of Michigan except the four counties that border Wisconsin ( Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, Menominee).From west to east, they are Hawaii, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern. most of Indiana (all except the Evansville area and the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois) The United States is spread across six time zones.nearly all of Florida except for the west border with Alabama.Generalized time zones are often called by their generic name, without making a difference between standard time and Daylight Saving Time. Alaska and Hawaii have their own time zones, there are five more of them comprising different U.S. Parts of several other states use Eastern Time as well: US time zones with local time: There are four time zones used in the contiguous U.S.: Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, Central Time Zone, Eastern Time zone. In the United States, the following states are part of the Eastern Time Zone: and most of Ellesmere and Baffin Is., including Iqaluit Southampton Island does not observe Daylight saving time) East-central Nunavut (including part of Melville Pen.Quebec (except far eastern Côte-Nord and the Magdalen Is.).Ontario (except areas west of Thunder Bay but including Atikokan).
In Canada, the following provinces and territories are part of the Eastern Time Zone: The New York metropolitan area is the largest in the zone. The largest city in the Eastern Time Zone is New York City, which is the largest city in the United States. It is four hours behind UTC during summer Daylight saving time, when it is called Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). ET is five hours behind UTC in winter, which is called Eastern Standard Time (EST). For the Eastern Daylight Time Zone of Australia, see Daylight saving time in Australia.Įastern Time Zone ( ET) is the time zone for the eastern part of the Americas including the United States, Canada and parts of South America and the Caribbean. "Eastern Daylight Time" and "Eastern Daylight Savings Time" redirect here.
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