| Time in the Bahamas | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Initials | EST |
| UTC offset | UTC−5 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| Name | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Initials | EDT |
| UTC offset | UTC−4 |
| Start | Second Sunday in March |
| End | First Sunday in November |
| tz database | |
| America/Nassau | |
The Bahamas observes Eastern Standard Time Zone (UTC−5) as standard time, and Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) as daylight saving time (DST). DST is observed annually from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, the Bahamas is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/Nassau. "BS" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for the Bahamas directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS | +2505−07721 | America/Nassau | −05:00 | −04:00 |
References
- "Bahamas, The". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- "North America". tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
External links
- Current time in the Bahamas at Time.is
- Time in the Bahamas at TimeAndDate
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