Massachusetts
(officially, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) is a state in the New England
region of the United States of America.
Its nickname is the Bay State. Other nicknames are the Old
Colony State, and less commonly the Puritan state and the Baked Bean state. On
December 18, 1990, the Legislature decided that the people of the Commonwealth
would be designated as Bay Staters.
The United States Postal Service abbreviation for Massachusetts is
MA and its traditional abbreviation is Mass.
Massachusetts is the most populous of the New England states of the NE United
States. It is bordered by New York (W), Vermont and New Hampshire (N), the
Atlantic Ocean (E) and Rhode Island and Connecticut (S).
Boston is the Massachusetts state capital
and largest city. Other important cities include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, New Bedford, Cambridge, Brockton, Fall River, and
Quincy.
Massachusetts is in the Eastern Time Zone in the United
States of America (USA). Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT-5).
USA & Canada clocks
on DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Daylight Saving Time dates 2008
Sunday 9 March 2008
until Sunday 2 November 2008
see: Daylight-Saving-Time.com
for details
Massachusetts is in the Eastern Time Zone in the United
States of America (USA). Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT-5).
Does
Massachusetts observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving
Time (DST) is observed in
Massachusetts , where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour to EDT; which is 4 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4).
After the Summer months the time in
Massachusetts is shifted
back by 1 hour to US Eastern Standard Time (EST) or (GMT-5).
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts
(officially, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) is a state in the New England
region of the United States of America. 