Server time off by 1 hour on linux CentOS 6.3 using NTP

So i've setup NTP on my linux CentOS server but my server time is still off by 1 hour. Currently it is 3:53am EST however, on my linux machine it shows "2:53 AM EST" this is with NTP and using ntpdate time.nist.gov and couple other servers trying to sync my server's time but all of this still have my server 1 hour behind the EST time.

Anyone know how to possibly fix this?

Make sure that you have an up to date tzdata package. If you rely on correct time display, then this is a critical package you should keep up to date, as it holds all of the worldwide rules for daylight saving time.

Make sure you set the desired timezone in /etc/sysconfig/clock in addition to setting up /etc/localtime.

Make sure you aren't accidentally using the US/East-Indiana zone, which does not observe daylight saving time.

EST is UTC -5. EDT is UTC -4.

So, when you say Currently it is 3:53am EST you mean Currently it is 3:53am Eastern, which is currently EDT.

How exactly did you configure your server's time zone settings? It's correct in reporting a difference of 5 hours from UTC in EST. However, since we're currently in daylight savings, so you probably want your server running EDT (and switching between EST and EDT as appropriate).