where is eastern time zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America and the Caribbean Islands.he District of Columbia and seventeen states are located entirely within the Eastern Time zone: 1  Connecticut. 2  Delaware. 3  Georgia. 4  Maine. 5  Maryland. 6  Massachusetts. 7  New Hampshire.