EDT – Eastern Daylight Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)

Also known as: EDST – Eastern Daylight Savings Time, NAEDT – North American Eastern Daylight Time

Time zone map of EDT — Currently observing EDT.
Areas with same time currently (UTC -4).
Currently observing EDT – Eastern Daylight Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as EDT (UTC -4) but different time zone name.

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America, Caribbean.

This time zone is often called Eastern Time.

See full time zone map

Winter Time & DST

This time zone is a daylight saving/summer time zone, in the winter some places will switch to the corresponding standard time zone: EST (Eastern Standard Time).

Where and When is EDT Observed?

North America

U.S. states using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:

Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida - Southern/Eastern parts Show
except Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington counties and norther Gulf county - look in CST/CDT
Georgia
Indiana - all except for these north-western counties near Chicago (Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Starke) and these south-western counties in Indiana near Evansville Show
Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Perry
Kentucky - eastern parts Show
counties of Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Hancock, Hansock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, Mason, McCreary, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nelson, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Taylor, Trimble, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan - most except these western counties Show
Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee - which are on CST/CDT
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee - eastern counties Show
Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia

Canadian provinces/territories using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:

Nunavut - most of it Show
except Kugluktuk, Cambridge Bay - CST/CDT and Southampton Island (Coral Harbor) EST all year
Ontario - most parts east of 90 West and two communities west of 90 West Show
Shebandowan, Upsala
Quebec - most of it Show
except East of 63 West, Blanc Sablon which observe AST all year

Caribbean

Caribbean countries using EDT in the summer and EST in the winter:

Other Time Zones in UTC -4

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as EDT, but can be found under a different name: