Atlanta

United States • Eastern Time

Time Zone

Atlanta uses Eastern Time (EST / EDT), currently running at UTC−5 (winter) / UTC−4 (summer). Clocks spring forward one hour in mid-March and fall back in early November.

Business & Commerce

Atlanta, Georgia operates on Eastern Time (ET), sharing its clock exactly with New York, Miami, and Toronto. Atlanta is a major U.S. corporate headquarters city, home to Delta Air Lines, The Coca-Cola Company, Home Depot, and UPS, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is consistently among the busiest airports in the world by passenger traffic, making it a critical connection point for domestic and international business travel. Atlanta's Eastern Time alignment with New York and its status as the de facto capital of the U.S. Southeast make it a routine scheduling reference for companies coordinating operations across the Southern United States. Eastern Time sits three hours ahead of Los Angeles and typically five hours behind London in winter.