Is EST the default time zone for the US? If so, why? - Quora

Answer (1 of 4): Hell no. I live on the west coast. We use PST or PDT here. We don’t use EST as a “default” in any sense. East coast has its time, we have ours. On an international scale UTC is my default. On the national scale, all I care about is Pacific Time.

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