UTC−05:00

UTC−05:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC±00:00
Current time
18:26, 24 September 2024 UTC−05:00 [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is observed throughout this time zone.

UTC−05: Blue (January), Orange (July), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue - Sea areas

Time in Nunavut

	Standard	DST
	GMT−05:00	GMT−04:00	Eastern Time
	GMT−05:00 (year round)		Eastern Time
	GMT−06:00	GMT−05:00	Central Time
	GMT−07:00	GMT−06:00	Mountain Time

Time in Indiana: Counties grouped by time zone. Lake Michigan shown in blue at top left.

	Standard	DST	US time zone
Red	UTC−06:00	UTC−05:00	Central Time
Yellow	UTC−05:00	UTC−04:00	Eastern Time

Time in Mexico

Mexican time zone		Standard	DST	U.S. equivalent
	Zona Sureste	UTC−05:00		Eastern Standard Time
	Zona Centro	UTC−06:00	UTC−05:00	Central Time
		UTC−06:00		Central Standard Time
	Zona Pacífico	UTC−07:00	UTC−06:00	Mountain Time
		UTC−07:00		Mountain Standard Time
	Zona Noroeste	UTC−08:00	UTC−07:00	Pacific Time

Time in Brazil, since 25 April 2019.

Time in Brazil

	ACT	Acre Time	UTC−5	(BRT–2)
	AMT	Amazon Time	UTC−4	(BRT−1)
	BRT	Brasília Time	UTC−3	(BRT)
	FNT	Fernando de Noronha Time	UTC−2	(BRT+1)

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)

North America

• Canada – Eastern Time Zone
  • Nunavut (eastern), most of Ontario and most of Quebec
• 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

• The Bahamas
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Jamaica

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)

North America

• Canada – Central Time Zone
  • Manitoba, Nunavut (central), Ontario (western)
• 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

North America

• Canada – Eastern Time Zone
  • Southampton Island only
• Mexico – Southeast zone
  • Quintana Roo

Caribbean

• Cayman Islands (UK)
• Jamaica

Central and South America

• Panama
• Colombia - Time in Colombia
• Ecuador - Time in Ecuador
  • mainland, excluding Galápagos
• Peru - Time in Peru
• Brazil
  • Acre and southwestern part of Amazonas state, around Eirunepé

As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer)

East Pacific

• Chile
  • Easter Island and Isla Salas y Gómez

See also

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