Originally posted by Imoutfishing
Lets not split hairs here. EST vs DST is something us Americans have grown to deal with. The start time will remain 9 pm est as not all of the United States observes DST. If it's 9 in NY city the event will be starting.
That's my point. New York is now on Daylight Saving time. When a New Yorker sees "9 PM" on their clock tonight, it will not be 9 pm EST but rather 9 PM EDT.
If you really mean that the event is at 9 pm EST, then New Yorkers should be showing up at 10 pm according to their wrist watches.
Yes, American's generally know, when you say "meet you at 9 pm Eastern time" what time that is. People in other countries sometimes need to know whether you are talking about EDT or EST, though, as they don't know when the US regions change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time and vice versa.
So, I'm just asking to be clear -- do you really mean 9 pm EST? I think you mean 9 pm EDT. But, if you really do mean 9 pm EST, I'll be showing up when my clock says 10 pm Eastern time (as I'm on Daylight Saving Time along with most of America).