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“Isn’t 2:30pm ‘local time’ (Mountain Time for Arizona) 4:30pm Eastern time and 1:30pm Pacific Time and not 5:30pm EST????”

2;30 MST is 5:30 EDST, 4:30 CDST, 3:30 MDST, 2:30 PDST.

[Suz in AZ]

Here’s how to remember what time it is in AZ-

Go to the Pacific Beach in the summer
Go to the Mountains in the winter

Summertime is same as Pacific Time.
Wintertime is same as Mountain Time.

Easy peasy.