Eastern Standard Time

English thumb|right|350 px|Timezones in the Western Hemisphere; the Eastern Timezone is the pink portion of North America on the right part of the map. Proper noun Eastern Standard Time The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4). en Eastern Standard Time Zone Eastern Time Zone Synonyms en EST abbreviation Related terms en Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) en Eastern Time en Eastern Timezone Translations time zone French: fr heure normale de l'est f Malay: ms Waktu Piawai Timur Spanish: es horario del este m See also en Hawaii Standard Time Alaska Standard Time Pacific Standard Time Mountain Standard Time Central Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time Newfoundland Standard Time Greenland Standard Time en Time zones