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Current daylight saving dates for USA
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
- Daylight Saving Time began: Sunday 8 March 2020 02:00 local time. Clocks went forward one hour.
- Daylight Saving Time ends: Sunday 1 November 2020 02:00 local time. Clocks go back one hour.
USA and Canada past and future DST schedules here
Daylight Saving 2020New York, Washington, Boston, Miami. All observe DST rules.
Check the mini-clocks below for current time in other USA time zones: Pacific, Central and Mountain.
What is the Eastern Time Zone?
The Eastern Time Zone is an area 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5) during the winter months (referred to as Eastern Standard Time or EST) and 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4) during the summer months (referred to as Eastern Daylight Time or EDT). At the moment, the following schedule is used:
From 2 A.M. on the second Sunday in March to 2 A.M. on the first Sunday in November, Daylight Saving Time is in effect. At all other times, Standard Time is in effect.
Do clocks in the Eastern Time zone observe Daylight Saving Time?
In most states in the USA and in most provinces in Canada, Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is observed. During DST the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT); which is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4).
After the Summer months Eastern Time is shifted back by 1 hour to US Eastern Standard Time (EST) or (GMT-5).
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