This is the standard way to refer to the eastern US time zone, exactly to reduce the confusion you mention
At one time, Indiana residents could be in four different de facto time zones (Eastern/Central, did/did not observe DST). It's been simplified a lot in recent years.
There's some Inception-level stuff going on here: the state of Arizona does not observer DST, the Najavo nation with-in Arizona does, but then the Hopi nation with-in Najavo nation does not:
* https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2016/03/1...