5pm Eastern

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Hi. I have received an email containing the following sentence: "Your decision will be available after 5PM Eastern." Could you please tell me what it means by "Eastern"? Thank you.

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time

GPY · Answer

Eastern Time Zone (in the relevant country or terrritory, very likely referring to the US time zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone ).

Wildblue · Answer

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MrGuedes · Answer

Since "Eastern" accompanies a time indication, it probably indicates that the time indicated is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET). This time zone includes parts of the US and Canada, where the designations "Western", "Central", and "Eastern" are common to identify each of the main three time zones used in both countries.
Thus, 5 PM Eastern (or, as I say it, 17:00 Eastern) is the same as 4 PM Central (16:00 Central) and as 3 PM Western (15:00 Western).

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