EST is the Eastern standard time and is 5 hours behind the GMT. EST = GMT/UTC -5. EDT and EST are parts of the Eastern Time Zone that is observed in 17 states of the country lying in the eastern region. In the northern parts of this time zone, clocks are turned back by an hour during spring to save daylight.
Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859), Austrian politician and diplomat, suppressed nationalistic and democratic trends in Central Europe but was also the architect of a diplomatic system which kept Europe at peace for a century.
Philipp, count von Cobenzl. 1  The 33 years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars are called in Austriaâand to some extent in all of Europeâthe Age of Metternich. 2  Metternich was the symbol of those forces eager to preserve the status quo. 3  In international affairs, Metternichâs Concert of Europe did not last long. Within a few years after the Congress of Vienna, it had become clear that the five great powers simply did not have sufficiently similar interests or goals to cooperate on every issue that came before them.