UTC−05:00

UTC−05 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05.

This offset is used in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time (DST).

In Central America, this region is considered the Western Caribbean Time Zone.

Eastern Standard Time

 * Canada - Southampton Island only

Caribbean

 * Cayman Islands (UK)
 * Haiti
 * Jamaica

Central & South America

 * Panama
 * Colombia
 * Ecuador (mainland, excluding Galápagos)
 * Peru

Caribbean

 * Bahamas
 * Cuba
 * Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)

Eastern standard time

 * Canada
 * Nunavut (eastern), most of Ontario and most of Quebec
 * United States
 * 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, and Michigan
 * Eastern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee

Central daylight time

 * Canada
 * Manitoba, Nunavut (central), Ontario (western)
 * United States
 * All of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Wisconsin
 * Most of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma
 * Western portions of Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan
 * Mexico
 * Central and Eastern areas (most of country). Mexico's Daylight Times start a few weeks after the United States

Daylight saving time southern hemisphere summer

 * Chile - Easter Island. See also Time in Chile.