UTC Time Zone Infobox
All time zones defined by difference with UTC
Min
Behind (−)
0
Ahead (+)
:00
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
:30
9 3 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
:45
5 12 13
Areas in a darker shade use daylight saving time. The base color shows the standard time.
UTC−05:00 ~ 75 degrees W – all year
Local time: 2016-12-11 18:07:13 Refresh Time
Meridians
Central
75 degrees W
Western border (nautical)
82.5 degrees W
Eastern border (nautical)
67.5 degrees W
Other
Date-time group (DTG)
R
External links
UTC−05: Blue (January), Orange (July), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue - Sea areas
UTC−05:00 is a time offset that subtracts five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time , and in the Central Time Zone during the other eight months (see Daylight saving time ). The western Caribbean uses it year round.
As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter) [ edit ] North America [ edit ]
Canada – Eastern Time Zone
United States – Eastern Time Zone
All of Connecticut , Delaware , District of Columbia , Georgia , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Vermont , Virginia , and West Virginia
Most of Florida , Indiana , and Michigan
Eastern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee
Unofficial use in several communities in Russell County, Alabama , including Phenix City . Although the legal time for all of Alabama during the standard time period is Central Time (UTC–6), Phenix City and its surrounding communities informally synchronize their clocks with the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia , directly across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City.
Caribbean [ edit ] As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer) [ edit ] North America [ edit ]
Canada – Central Time Zone
United States – Central Time Zone
All of Alabama , Arkansas , Illinois , Iowa , Louisiana , Minnesota , Mississippi , Missouri , Oklahoma , and Wisconsin
Most of Kansas , Nebraska , North Dakota , South Dakota , Tennessee, and Texas
Western portions of Florida and Kentucky
The southern portion of Michigan's upper peninsula.
The southwestern and northwestern portions of Indiana
Mexico – Central Zone
Central and eastern areas (most of country except Quintana Roo). In most of Mexico, daylight time starts a few weeks after the United States. Communities on the U.S. border that observe Central Time follow the U.S. daylight time schedule.
Standard time all year round [ edit ] North America [ edit ] Caribbean [ edit ] Central and South America [ edit ] As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer) [ edit ] East Pacific [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
