Caribbean time zones:

EDT – Eastern Daylight Time

Time zone offset: UTC - 4 hours

EDT is 4 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that EDT is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter EST is used instead

Time zone abbreviations: EDT, HAE

Full name is Eastern Daylight Time
HAE – Heure Avancée de l'Est (French)
EDT – Tiempo de verano del este (Spanish)

Email time zone indicator: -0400

An email sent from someone in the EDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0400" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0400" does not have to be in EDT, 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 EDT observed?

Areas using EDT in the summer and EST during the winter

• Bahamas
• Turks and Caicos Islands

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in EDT

• Nassau - This time zone offset is used during summer in this location

Other time zones in Caribbean

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

• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
• CST - Cuba Standard Time
• EST - Eastern Standard Time

Time zones in other regions

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Central America
• 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