<Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> Eastern Time Zone (ETZ) (UTC − 5: 00) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Summer (DST) </Th> <Td> Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC − 4: 00) </Td> </Tr> <P> The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean . This area is also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast and the Atlantic Seaboard . The coastal states that have shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean are, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida . </P> <P> The place name "East Coast" derives from the idea that the contiguous 48 states are defined by two major coastlines, one at the western edge and one on the eastern edge . Other terms for referring to this area include the "Eastern Seaboard" ("seaboard" being American English for coast), "Atlantic Coast", and "Atlantic Seaboard" (because the coastline lies along the Atlantic Ocean). </P>

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