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by ISL 2853 days ago
This error can be sidestepped by stating "Eastern".
1 comments

Problem is that there aren't any widely-accepted acronyms for time zones in the United States that don't include the current daylight savings time status. Eastern is way longer than EDT.
7 PM ET [1]

6 PM CT

5 PM MT

4 PM PT

? :)

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%227+pm+ET%22