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yeah, I've had Americans say 6AM EST during the summer when it's EDT
by hopeless 8y ago
yeah, I've had Americans say 6AM EST during the summer when it's EDT
- ISL 8y agoThis error can be sidestepped by stating "Eastern".
- jrockway 8y agoProblem is that there aren't any widely-accepted acronyms for time zones in the United States that don't include the current daylight savings time status. Eastern is way longer than EDT.
- ISL 8y ago7 PM ET [1] 6 PM CT 5 PM MT 4 PM PT ? :) [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%227+pm+ET%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%227+pm+ET%22
- Dylan16807 8y agoThere is very little understanding in the US that "Daylight" time stops being "Standard" time. (because why should it? why have two/three time zones when you only need one?)
- gpvos 8y agoFor Europeans that would be logical, since the S stands for summer here, like CET and CEST.
- madcaptenor 8y agoI'm an American on Eastern time and I work pretty routinely with people in other US time zones. I get this pretty much all the time. I think people think that putting the "Standard" in makes it sound more "official".