Virginia,
state of the south-central United States.
Virginia
is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S),
Kentucky and West Virginia (W), Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and
NE).
Virginia is one of the original 13 states of the United States
that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution and is part of the
South.
Its official name is the Commonwealth of Virginia; it is one of
four states which use the name commonwealth. Virginia was the first part of the
Americas to be colonized by England.
Virginia 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
Virginia observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving
Time (DST) is observed in
Virginia , 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
Virginia is shifted
back by 1 hour to US Eastern Standard Time (EST) or (GMT-5).
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Virginia
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Virginia,
state of the south-central United States. 