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America/Jamaica

America/Jamaica is the IANA time zone for Jamaica.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5 EST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC−5 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Eastern Standard Time
Abbreviation
EST
Long name
Eastern Standard Time
Aliases
Jamaica (old ids that resolve to America/Jamaica)

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Jamaica

Also in this zone: Spanish Town, Portmore, Montego Bay, Mandeville, May Pen, Half Way Tree, Savanna-la-Mar.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1973: UTC−5
  • 1974–1983: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 1984–2026: UTC−5

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