Eastern Standard Time – EST Time Zone - timeanddate. com Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America, Caribbean, Central America
Current Eastern (EST EDT) Time Now in USA and Canada The Eastern Time Zone is also known as Eastern Standard Time (EST) falls mostly along the east coast of North America Its time offset is −5 hours (UTC GMT -5) during standard time and −4 hours (UTC GMT -4) during daylight saving time