eastern time
noun
often capitalized E
: the time of the fifth time zone west of Greenwich that includes the eastern U.S. see time zone illustration
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The courtroom normally opens at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, and the court takes off on Wednesdays.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The Crew Flight Test mission is scheduled to launch on an Atlas V rocket at 10:34 pm eastern time and begin a 25-hour journey to the International Space Station, where its two passengers—Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams—will dock and spend about a week on board before returning home.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
Apple Music released a new game on the streaming platform to commemorate April 13 — the number associated with Taylor Swift — to tease her 11th era that will be released overnight Thursday when the clock strikes midnight eastern time.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Delta flight 1010 will depart from DFW at 12:30 p.m. central time to ride through the path of totality as the eclipse crosses over the Midwest, only to land at DTW along with the first eclipse flight, DL 1218, at 4:20 p.m. eastern time.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
At 11:00 am eastern time, Tropical Storm Fernanda was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
The debate takes place in Milwaukee at 9 p.m. eastern time Wednesday.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
On Wednesday morning in Australia, which is 14 hours ahead of the eastern time zone in the U.S., the wildlife service said 51 whales died overnight and more than 100 staff personnel and 250 volunteers were trying to keep the remaining 45 whales alive.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Republican governor Ron DeSantis officially filed paperwork to run for president on May 24, hours before launching his campaign in an audio-only Twitter Spaces event at 6pm eastern time along with Elon Musk.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 May 2023
Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The Crew Flight Test mission is scheduled to launch on an Atlas V rocket at 10:34 pm eastern time and begin a 25-hour journey to the International Space Station, where its two passengers—Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams—will dock and spend about a week on board before returning home.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
Apple Music released a new game on the streaming platform to commemorate April 13 — the number associated with Taylor Swift — to tease her 11th era that will be released overnight Thursday when the clock strikes midnight eastern time.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Delta flight 1010 will depart from DFW at 12:30 p.m. central time to ride through the path of totality as the eclipse crosses over the Midwest, only to land at DTW along with the first eclipse flight, DL 1218, at 4:20 p.m. eastern time.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
At 11:00 am eastern time, Tropical Storm Fernanda was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
The debate takes place in Milwaukee at 9 p.m. eastern time Wednesday.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
On Wednesday morning in Australia, which is 14 hours ahead of the eastern time zone in the U.S., the wildlife service said 51 whales died overnight and more than 100 staff personnel and 250 volunteers were trying to keep the remaining 45 whales alive.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Republican governor Ron DeSantis officially filed paperwork to run for president on May 24, hours before launching his campaign in an audio-only Twitter Spaces event at 6pm eastern time along with Elon Musk.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 May 2023
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“Eastern time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastern%20time. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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