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It starts during the first Sunday of November until the middle of March, more specifically the second Sunday of March. The Eastern Standard Time (also commonly known as EST) is the method of time used during fall and winter. Canada also uses this time zone mostly in the following locations: Nunavut, Ontario, and Quebec. The particular area which covers this time zone is called the East Coast which consists of the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, east counties of Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Eastern Time Zone, in particular, runs from the Ohio Valley eastward to the Atlantic Coast. Both time zones are part of the Eastern Time Zone. The four, main, standard time zones in the mainland United States are: Eastern Time Zone, Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time Zone. The aforementioned time zones are part of the 21 time zones in North America, the 9 standard time zones used in the United States as a country and the 4 standard time zones used in the mainland United States. The two times are particularly used in North America, particularly in the United States of America and Canada. “EST” stands for “Eastern Standard Time” while “EDT” is the abbreviation for “Eastern Daylight Time.” Both refer to time zones used in the same area but in different parts of the year.