UTC−5 is the time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time (DST).

For North America see also Eastern Standard Time and Central Daylight Time, in the Caribbean region this is considered as the Western Caribbean timezone. There are possibly other various names in other countries.

Areas using UTC−5

Single zone countries

• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Cuba*
• Haiti*
• Jamaica
• Panama
• Peru
• Turks and Caicos Islands*

Multizone countries

• EST (Eastern Standard Time) in the United States and Canada.
• CDT (Central Daylight Time) in Mexico, the United States and Canada. Mexico's Daylight Times start a few weeks after the United States.
• Ecuador

Cities

• List of places in the UTC-5 timezone

Notes