UTC−05:00

UTC−05:00
All time zones defined by difference with UTC
	Areas in a darker shade use daylight saving time. The base color shows the standard time.
	UTC−05:00 75 degrees W
Current time
	20:41, 23 October 2018 UTC−05:00 [refresh]
Meridians
Central	75 degrees W
Western border (nautical)	82.5 degrees W
Eastern border (nautical)	67.5 degrees W
Other
Date-time group (DTG)	R
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UTC−05: blue (January), orange (July), yellow (all year round), light blue (sea areas)

Time in Indiana: Counties grouped by tz database zones. Lake Michigan shown in blue at top left.

	Standard	DST	US time zone
Red and pink	UTC−06:00	UTC−05:00	Central Time
Other colors	UTC−05:00	UTC−04:00	Eastern Time

Time in Brazil, since October 30, 2013.

**Time in Brazil**
ACT	Acre Time	UTC−5	(BRT–2)
AMT	Amazon Time	UTC−4	(BRT−1)
AMT AMST	Amazon Time Amazon Time DST	UTC−4 UTC−3	(BRT−1) (BRT)
BRT	Brasilia Time	UTC−3	(BRT)
BRT BRST	Brasilia Time Brasilia Time DST	UTC−3 UTC−2	(BRT) (BRT+1)
FNT	Fernando de Noronha Time	UTC−2	(BRT+1)

UTC−05:00 is a time offset that subtracts five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time, and in the Central Time Zone during the other eight months (see Daylight saving time). The western Caribbean uses it year round.

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Canada – Eastern Time Zone
- Nunavut (eastern), most of Ontario and most of Quebec
United States – Eastern Time Zone
- All of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Most of Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee
- Unofficial use in several communities in Russell County, Alabama, including Phenix City. Although the legal time for all of Alabama during the standard time period is Central Time (UTC–6), Phenix City and its surrounding communities informally synchronize their clocks with the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia, directly across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City.

Canada – Central Time Zone
- Manitoba, Nunavut (central), Ontario (western)
United States – Central Time Zone
- All of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin
- Most of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
- Western portions of Florida and Kentucky
- The southern portion of Michigan's upper peninsula.
- The southwestern and northwestern portions of Indiana
Mexico – Central Zone
- Central and eastern areas (most of country except Quintana Roo). In most of Mexico, daylight time starts a few weeks after the United States. Communities on the U.S. border that observe Central Time follow the U.S. daylight time schedule.

Principal cities: Lima, Bogotá, Kingston

Principal cities: Hanga Roa

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