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)
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
Where and when is EDT observed?
EDT is used in the summer in these US states (EST during winter)
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida - Southern/Eastern parts
except Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington counties and norther Gulf county - look in CST/CDT
Georgia
Indiana - all except for these north-western counties near Chicago
Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Starke
and these south-western counties in Indiana near Evansville