what is the time zone called
Best Answer: New York's timezone is most commonly called Eastern Time or US Eastern Time. The -5 reflects the fact that when Daylight Saving time is not in effect, it is five hours behind UTC or GMT. Noon GMT would be 7:00am Eastern Standard. Unfortunately, simply declaring the zone as -5 does not give you any information about when (or if) the zone makes use of Daylight Saving Time.