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America/Port-au-Prince

America/Port-au-Prince is the IANA time zone for Haiti.

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

Use it in code

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

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('America/Port-au-Prince')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Port-au-Prince';

Cities in America/Port-au-Prince

Also in this zone: Carrefour, Delmas, Pétionville, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc, Croix-des-Bouquets, Dessalines, Jacmel, Cap-Haïtien, Léogâne, Arcahaie, Les Cayes, Tigwav, Jérémie, Miragoâne, Gonaïves, Hinche.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1982: UTC−5
  • 1983–1997: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 1998–2004: UTC−5
  • 2005–2006: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 2007–2011: UTC−5
  • 2012–2015: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 2016: UTC−5
  • 2017–2026: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year

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