PT stands for pacific time. it's used for Washington, Oregon, and California.
ET stands for eastern time. I'm not entirely sure in what states for which this is true, but it's eastern? refer to maps of time zones to be exact.
ANOTHER ANSWER:It could mean many things depending up on the context in which the abbreviations are used. At first blush it would appear to be Pacific Time and Eastern Time.There are four time zones for the continental United States of America. ET (eastern time zone, on the east coast), CT (central time zone), MT (mountain time zone) and PT (pacific time zone). Remember too, that Alaska and Hawaii extend farther west than the PT zone giving our country two more zones: AT (Alaska time zone) and HT (Hawaii time zone).
It seems that people in general are avoiding the use of DST (daylight savings time) abbreviation because it has been manipulated beyond its original intent.
I've heard people say, repeatedly, that the DST (daylight savings time) should be abolished altogether. Pick a standard time, an hour early, an hour late, two hours early, whatever.... and use it as the standard! Stop messing around with the time and our clocks!
If a showtime is represented as 9pm ET/PT, it will be shown at 8pm CT and 7pm MT. In the case of HBO's show featuring Will Ferrell, if it is live at 9pm ET/PT, it will air at 6pm PT.
2PM Central time. Please remember that not all of the Central time zone does daylight savings time, so there are places when there is a 2-hour difference between Eastern and Central.
4am ET is equivalent to 8am GMT. Eastern Time (ET) is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
In the context of measurements, "pt" stands for pint. It is a unit of volume typically used to measure liquids, equal to 16 fluid ounces in the US.
8 PM ET is approximately 5:30 AM in India the next day. India is 9.5 hours ahead of Eastern Time (ET).
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PT at 6 AM ET refers to Pacific Time (PT) at 6 AM Eastern Time (ET). Eastern Time is three hours ahead of Pacific Time, so when it is 6 AM ET, it is 3 AM PT. Therefore, to convert 6 AM ET to PT, you subtract three hours.
If a showtime is represented as 9pm ET/PT, it will be shown at 8pm CT and 7pm MT. In the case of HBO's show featuring Will Ferrell, if it is live at 9pm ET/PT, it will air at 6pm PT.
If it is 5 PM (PT) that would make it 8 PM (ET). PT is always 3 hours behind ET just for future reference.
December 31st, 2011 at 8:00 ET/PT. (Note: there is an episode before that, that airs on the 28th at 7:00 ET/PT called "iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo")
PT could mean playing time.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 10 PM ET/PT
Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime!
Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime!
Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime!
Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime!