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The scheduling of television programming in North America (namely the United States, Canada, and Mexico) must cope with different time zones. The United States (excluding territories) has six time zones (Hawaii–Aleutian, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern), with further variation in the observance of daylight saving time.
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.
Current time. 17:52, 10 September 2024 EST [refresh] 18:52, 10 September 2024 EDT [refresh] Observance of DST. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
Standard Time (SDT) and Daylight Saving Time (DST) offsets from UTC in hours and minutes. For zones in which Daylight Saving is not observed, the DST offset shown in this table is a simple duplication of the SDT offset.
UTC−2. (BRT+1) UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00. 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.
UTC−08:00 (Zone 4 or Northwest Zone) – State of Baja California. UTC−07:00 (Zone 3 or Pacific Zone) – States of Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora. UTC−06:00 (Zone 2 or Central Zone) – Most of Mexico. UTC−05:00 (Zone 1 or Southeast Zone) – State of Quintana Roo. Time in Mexico. Chile.
Atlantic. UTC−04:00. UTC−03:00. Atlantic. UTC−03:30. UTC−02:30. Newfoundland. Canada is divided into six time zones. Most areas of the country's provinces and territories operate on standard time from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March and daylight saving time the rest of the year.
In the United States and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the Pacific Time Zone and to the west of the Central Time Zone. In some areas, starting in 2007, the local time changes from MST to MDT at 2 am MST to 3 am MDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 2 am MDT to 1 am MST on the first Sunday in November.