GMT-5 Offset: Countries and Regions
Convert from and to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) minus 5 hours
Which countries or regions use UTC/GMT-5?
Military Time Zone name for -5 offset is: R - Romeo
Current Time in GMT-5 offset
Nowadays, Greenwich Mean Time, abbreviated as GMT, is a time zone designation rather than a time standard. Time difference between time zones can be expressed by the GMT or UTC offset. In the UTC standard, there is a commitment to keep within 0.9 seconds of GMT, so that every few years a leap second is applied to UTC. In the age of the internet, these small clock calibrations are conveniently destributed via NTP.
UTC/GMT-5 is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The GMT/UTC minus 5 hours offset applies only to Eastern Standard Time, during Daylight Saving Time the offset is -4.
GMT Time converter for time zone: GMT-5
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The following countries or regions use the offset -5 either in Standard time or Daylight Saving Time as indicated.
Standard Time
USA on Eastern Standard TimeDaylight Saving Time (DST)
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