Central American time zones:

EST – Eastern Standard Time

Time zone offset: UTC - 5 hours

EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Time zone abbreviations: EST, HNE, ET

Full name is Eastern Standard Time
HNE – Heure Normale de l'Est (French)
ET – Tiempo del Este (Spanish)

Email time zone indicator: -0500

An email sent from someone in the EST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0500" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0500" does not have to be in EST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below

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Where and when is EST observed?

EST is used all year

• Panama

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in EST

• Panama - This time zone offset is used all year in this location

Other time zones in Central America

Go directly through the links below, or see the Central America time zone list

• CST - Central Standard Time

Time zones in other regions

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Caribbean
• Europe
• Indian Ocean
• Military
• North America
• Pacific
• South America

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones