I live in Trinidad and we are in the same timezone as the eastern united states even though geographically we are relatively far to the east of the eastern US.
How is it then that Jamaica, which is alot closer west to the eastern US in a different time zone (GMT-5) than for instance Florida (GMT-4) and is therefore 1 hour behind?
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You are not actually in the same time zone. Yours is called [Atlantic Standard Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ast) (UTC-4), eastern US alternates between [Eastern Standard Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/est) (UTC-5) and [Eastern Daylight Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt). (UTC-4). Jamaica does not observe daylight saving time and is thus permanently in the Eastern Standard Time. EST is the geographically “correct” time for the eastern US, but they choose to run 1 hour ahead during summer.
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