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America/Iqaluit

America/Iqaluit is the IANA time zone for Eastern – NU (most areas) in Canada.

UTC−04:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−4 EDT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Daylight offset
UTC−04:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the second Sunday in March at 02:00 to the first Sunday in November at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: back to UTC−5 (EDT → EST)
  • Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: forward to UTC−4 (EST → EDT)

Names

Generic name
Eastern Time
Abbreviation
EST / EDT
Standard / daylight
Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Daylight Time
Aliases
America/Pangnirtung (old ids that resolve to America/Iqaluit)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Iqaluit' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('America/Iqaluit')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Iqaluit';

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1971: UTC−5
  • 1972–1998: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 1999: UTC−6, UTC−5 and UTC−4 during the year
  • 2000: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 2001–2026: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year

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