Just a heads up---Fodor's, including the Forums, will be down later tonight from 12-3 a.m. EDT. We apologize for the disruption.

Best,
Katie

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Hi Katie_H

I know I'm really showing my ignorance, but what exactly is EDT?
The only thing I am sure of - it bears no relation to the current time where I am!

Di

It's CEST minus 6 hours.

It lasted a bit longer than advertised.

Hi logos999

Now I'm even more confused!!!! What on earth is CEST??

You can't assume on this site that everyone communicating is based in your part of the world . . . right now I'm at 8am Wednesday, but I know for sure that most others aren't.

If I assume that CEST stands for (something)Eastern Standard Time, it still doesn't relate, because obviously this site isn't based in my country.

Di

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time. It will be EST (Eastern Standard Time) after we "fall back" next month.

CEST = Central European Summer Time, which is 6 hours ahead of EDST

And EDT is 4 hours behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which is the basis for time-keeping the world over, as I understand it.

Many thanks, grandmere - anchoring it to GMT is something that's understood world wide!!!

Perhaps, Katie_H, Fodors could use GMT as a reference point in future???
Di

GMT is now more correctly known as UTC (coordinated universal time) just to confuse you further di
However I do agree that it would be more useful to use GMT/UTC for such announcements given the global nature of Fodors.

Thanks for the heads up-- agreed. I will make a note of the suggestion; it's a good one.

It will be EST (Eastern Standard Time) after we "fall back" next month

For the record, this year we don't "fall back" until November 2nd (a week later than usual).