Difference between revisions of "Eastern Time"

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* ''UTC -5 hours'' during Standard Time — Eastern Standard Time (EST)
 
* ''UTC -5 hours'' during Standard Time — Eastern Standard Time (EST)
 
* ''UTC -4 hours'' during Daylight Saving Time — Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
 
* ''UTC -4 hours'' during Daylight Saving Time — Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
** Daylight Saving Time is observed from the second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November.
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Daylight Saving Time is observed in the US Eastern Time Zone:
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* '''Begins''' at 02:00 EST on the second Sunday in March (becomes 03:00 EDT)
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* '''Ends''' at 02:00 EDT on the first Sunday in November (becomes 01:00 EST)
  
 
The New York Stock Exchange, which publishes the opening value of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] used in the [[algorithm]], opens at 09:30 ET on weekdays, except [[Dow holiday|some federal holidays]].
 
The New York Stock Exchange, which publishes the opening value of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] used in the [[algorithm]], opens at 09:30 ET on weekdays, except [[Dow holiday|some federal holidays]].

Revision as of 13:07, 20 August 2008

Eastern Time (ET), as used on this wiki, refers to the US Eastern Time Zone, which is defined as:

  • UTC -5 hours during Standard Time — Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  • UTC -4 hours during Daylight Saving Time — Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Daylight Saving Time is observed in the US Eastern Time Zone:

  • Begins at 02:00 EST on the second Sunday in March (becomes 03:00 EDT)
  • Ends at 02:00 EDT on the first Sunday in November (becomes 01:00 EST)

The New York Stock Exchange, which publishes the opening value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average used in the algorithm, opens at 09:30 ET on weekdays, except some federal holidays.

See also

Wikipedia article on the US Eastern Time Zone