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I know this has caused some confusion with people in the past especially with auctions (people posting EST and then people thinking it is EDT).
Most of the US (except I think Arizona and maybe most of Indiana) had to set their clocks back an hour last night since daylight savings has ended.
This means that the eastern USA is now 5 hours behind GMT, not 4 like we were a few days ago.
Now:
The east coast USA is now at eastern standard time (EST) and is lined up with Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Panama, Columbia, and Peru. It is -5 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The "central" time zone is at CST - the same as most of Mexico and northern Central America. It is -6 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The "mountain" time zone is at MST - the same as western Mexico (except Baja California). It is -7 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The Pacific coast is now PST - the same as Baja California and western Canada. It is -8 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
GMT / Zulu / UTZ is based off the time zone London, UK is in. This includes all of the UK, Ireland, Iceland (oddly), far west Africa, Cape Verde Islands, and the Canary Islands (I think Portugal, too, but I'm not 100% sure).
I also found a good map here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
It includes the "current" time for each time zone at the top.
Most of the US (except I think Arizona and maybe most of Indiana) had to set their clocks back an hour last night since daylight savings has ended.
This means that the eastern USA is now 5 hours behind GMT, not 4 like we were a few days ago.
Now:
The east coast USA is now at eastern standard time (EST) and is lined up with Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Panama, Columbia, and Peru. It is -5 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The "central" time zone is at CST - the same as most of Mexico and northern Central America. It is -6 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The "mountain" time zone is at MST - the same as western Mexico (except Baja California). It is -7 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
The Pacific coast is now PST - the same as Baja California and western Canada. It is -8 GMT / Zulu / UTZ.
GMT / Zulu / UTZ is based off the time zone London, UK is in. This includes all of the UK, Ireland, Iceland (oddly), far west Africa, Cape Verde Islands, and the Canary Islands (I think Portugal, too, but I'm not 100% sure).
I also found a good map here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
It includes the "current" time for each time zone at the top.