UTC−5 is the time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time. A time offset is defined by international convention as a number of hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time in Greenwich England. 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 Standard time is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a Time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Daylight saving time ( DST

For North America see also Eastern Standard Time and Central Daylight Time. 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 The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving

Contents 1 Areas using UTC−5 1.1 Single zone countries 1.2 Multizone countries 1.3 Cities 2 Notes

Areas using UTC−5

Single zone countries

• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Cuba*
• Haiti*
• Jamaica
• Panama
• Peru
• Turks and Caicos Islands*

Multizone countries

• EST (Eastern Standard Time) in the United States and Canada. The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Peru has one Time zone, Peru Time (PET, which is located in the UTC-5 zone 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC The Turks and Caicos Islands ( TCI) (ˈtɜːks ænd ˈkeɪkəs are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies 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 Time in the United States, by law is divided into nine standard Time zones covering the states and its possessions with most of the United States observing Daylight Canada is divided into six Time zones and ranks third among countries with respect to number of time zones after Russia (eleven and the United States (nine
• CDT (Central Daylight Time) in Mexico, the United States and Canada. The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Mexico uses three different UTC offsets as defined in the federal Law of Time Systems Zone 1 (Central Zone covers most of Mexico and is equivalent to UTC-6 Time in the United States, by law is divided into nine standard Time zones covering the states and its possessions with most of the United States observing Daylight Canada is divided into six Time zones and ranks third among countries with respect to number of time zones after Russia (eleven and the United States (nine Mexico's Daylight Times start a few weeks after the United States.
• Ecuador
• Brazil^[1]
  • Acre
  • Amazonas (southwestern tip)

Cities

• List of places in the UTC-5 timezone

Notes

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