ambiguous. It could be 2016-11-06 01:30:00 EDT == 2016-11-06 05:30:00 UTC or 2016-11-06 01:30:00 EST == 2016-11-06 06:30:00 UTC Note that the US Fall Daylight Saving Transition in 2016 occurred on e.what() << '\n'; } } Output: 2016-03-13 02:30:00 is in a gap between 2016-03-13 02:00:00 EST and 2016-03-13 03:00:00 EDT which are both equivalent to 2016-03-13 07:00:00 UTC Note that the US