Eastern Standard Time

noun

one of the standard times used in North America, five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
one of the standard times used in Australia

Standard time in the fifth time zone west of Greenwich, England, reckoned at 75° west and used, for example, in the eastern part of North America.

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