Eastern Time Area Codes

What the Eastern Time zone covers

The Eastern Time zone includes Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia. The Eastern Time zone is the busiest in the country, covering the entire East Coast from Maine to Florida and inland to the Great Lakes.

UTC offset and daylight saving

This zone runs at UTC−5 in winter (EST) and UTC−4 in summer (EDT). It observes daylight saving time. Eastern is three hours ahead of Pacific, so a 9 a.m. call on the West Coast reaches the East Coast at noon.

Best time to call this zone

Standard business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) in this zone are when you're most likely to reach an office or store. Eastern is three hours ahead of Pacific, so a 9 a.m. call on the West Coast reaches the East Coast at noon. If you only have a phone number, our phone number finder tells you which zone it belongs to.