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'''Eastern Time''' (ET), as used on this wiki, refers to the US Eastern Time Zone, which is defined as: | '''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) | + | * '''[[Coordinated Universal Time|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) | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 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.
