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Eastern Time
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UTC-5 / UTC-4
Daylight saving
Yes — March & November
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New York runs on Eastern Time (UTC-5 in winter, UTC-4 in summer). When Wall Street opens at 9:30 AM, it's simultaneously 2:30 PM in London and 10:30 PM in Tokyo.
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New York is the reason prime time TV is at 8 PM across the US — networks set schedules for NYC and everyone else adjusts. Los Angeles watches at 5 PM their time.
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Golden hour in Manhattan — warm oblique light hitting the skyscrapers above Central Park — is one of the world's great urban photography moments, especially from the High Line.
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New York has two time zones in one year — EST in winter and EDT in summer. If you forget the spring clock change, you will miss your flight.
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The Times Square ball drop happens at exactly midnight EST on December 31st — watched by over a billion people who are all technically watching New York's New Year before their own.
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New York hosts more foreign consulates than any other city on Earth. Every time zone on the planet is represented somewhere in Manhattan.
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London has two time zones per year — GMT in winter and BST in summer. The city has been confusing international call schedulers since 1847.
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Railway companies forced Britain to standardize to London time in 1847. Trains: accidentally inventors of time zones.
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British pubs used to have strict closing times set by the government during WWI to keep factory workers sober. Time literally controlled drinking.
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When London observes GMT, it shares its timezone with Iceland, Ghana, Senegal and Portugal. Quite the eclectic group.
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The speaking clock — a phone service that tells you the time — was invented in New York in 1936. People called it so much it still exists today. Just dial 123.
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