New Jersey is in the Eastern Standard Time Zone (GMT/UTC -5).
Eastern Standard Time (the American time zone UTC -5)
New Jersey has different variations on a temperate climate.
New Jersey is Eastern Time, GMT-5.
New Jersey is all in one time zone. That time might change from EST {Eastern Standard Time} in the winter to EDT {Eastern Daylight Time} in the summer, but the state is still in only one time zone.