UTC − 5

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UTC − 5
Zone meridian		75 ° W
NATO DTG		R (Romeo)
Time zones	Standard time Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) Eastern Standard Time (EST) Ecuador Time (ECT) Acre Time (ACT) Colombia Time (COT) Peru Time (PET) Summertime Central Daylight Time (CDT)

UTC − 5:

South Summer / North Standard Time Sea area

North Summer / South Standard Time Standard time all year round

UTC − 5 is a zone time that has the semicircle 75 ° West as the reference meridian. On watches with this zone time, it is five hours earlier than Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), six hours earlier than Central European Time (CET) and seven hours earlier than Central European Summer Time (CEST).

At the meridian 75 ° W (-75 °), the daily high sun is only reached five hours later (5 · −15 ° = -75 °) than at the prime meridian .

Scope (excluding summer times)

•  Bahamas
•  Brazil
  •  acre
•  Chile ( Easter Island )
•  Ecuador (except Galápagos Arch.)
•  Haiti
•  Jamaica
•  Canada :
  •  Nunavut (partially)
  •  Ontario (large part)
  •  Québec (large part)
•  Colombia
•  Cuba
•  Panama
•  Peru
•  United States :
  •  Connecticut
  •  Delaware
  •  District of Columbia
  •  Florida (large part)
  •  Georgia
  •  Indiana (partially)
  •  Kentucky (partially)
  •  Maine
  •  Maryland
  •  Massachusetts
  •  Michigan
  •  New Hampshire
  •  New Jersey
  •  new York
  •  North Carolina
  •  Ohio
  •  Pennsylvania
  •  Rhode Island
  •  South carolina
  •  Tennessee (partially)
  •  Vermont
  •  Virginia
  •  West Virginia
•  United Kingdom :
  •  Cayman Islands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Time zones timegenie.com
2. ↑ UTC − 4 has been in effect in western Brazil since 2008; In 2010, however, a referendum in the state of Acre called for a majority of the population to return to UTC − 5. Articles and Maps Timetemperature.com