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Legally includes all of Ontario east of 90th meridian west but in practice only applied to urban areas until 1974 6483867 on OpenStreetMap: CA: America/Nipigon −05:00: −04:00: Redirects to America/Toronto as of version 2022f Created for places using Eastern time that allegedly did not observe DST 1967–1973, but this was not well sourced.
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. Eastern Standard Time ( EST ) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ).
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).
Canada was an early adopter of the 24-hour clock, which Sandford Fleming promoted as key to accurate communication alongside time zones and a standard prime meridian. [22] The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) began to use it in 1886, prior to its official adoption by European countries.
Pickle Lake, Atikokan, and New Osnaburgh are three communities within the Central Time Zone in northwestern Ontario that observe Eastern Standard Time year-round. Ontario was the site of the first municipality in the world to enact DST: Port Arthur on July 1, 1908. [4]
Converted small area of fishing camps west of Suomi ON from CST/CDT to EST/EDT; this improves alignment with boundaries shown on the official Ontario road map. Also applied a few cosmetic changes. 23:33, 25 October 2020: 1,114 × 942 (381 KB) MapGrid: Time zone boundary adjustment in the vicinity of Schefferville.
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During standard time, the signal was at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time and during Daylight Saving Time, the signal was at 13:00 Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The signal was also heard on some stations of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network at 12:00 ET daily, particularly in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces.