Definition of eastern time
: the time of the fifth time zone west of Greenwich that includes the eastern U.S. — see time zone illustration
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First, the most important thing to know: South Korea is 14 hours ahead of the U.S. eastern time zone, so while NBC will be live-streaming events in their NBC Sports app, there will also be nightly primetime coverage of the day's big events on NBC.
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Trump tweeted similar sentiments, including thanking first responders, shortly after noon eastern time.
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The Senate will gavel into session at 1 p.m. eastern time (9 a.m. in Alaska).
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The full video will debut at midnight, eastern time, on Friday.
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The last flight out of Miami was scheduled for 6 p.m. eastern time Friday, scheduled to arrive in DFW at 8:15 p.m. central time.
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