History
The 1966 Uniform Time Act in the United States meant that EDT was instituted on the last Sunday in April, starting in 1966. EST would be re-instituted on the last Sunday in October. The act was amended to make the first Sunday in April the beginning of EDT as of 1987. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended daylight saving time in the United States beginning in 2007, so that the local time changes at 2:00 a.m. EST to 3:00 a.m. EDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 2:00 a.m. EDT to 1:00 a.m. EST on the first Sunday in November. In Canada, the time changes as it does in the United States.
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