IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Bahia

The IANA tz database identifier for Brasilia Standard Time in Brazil. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC-03:00Abbreviation -03No DST — never observed
Time in America/Bahia☾ Night
19:58:30
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Offset
UTC-03:00
Abbreviation
-03
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-03:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-03

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇧🇷 Brazil

ISO 3166: BR · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Bahia is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing -03 or -03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'America/Bahia',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
14 years.

America/Bahia has kept UTC-03:00 year-round since 25 February 2012 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

−02:34:04UTC-03:00 · UNCHANGED 25 February 2012 NOW

Keeping this offset since

25 February 2012

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 3h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAmerica/Bahia
ISO country codeBR🇧🇷 Brazil
Reference coordinates12.98°S, 38.52°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-03:00abbreviation -03
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Brazil's 16 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Salvador or Brasilia Standard Time.

🇧🇷
Brazil

213M people, 16 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →
🇧🇷 Salvador
19:58
19:58:30 · -03
pop. 2.4MBST
🇧🇷 Feira de Santana
19:58
19:58:30 · -03
pop. 661KBST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Brasilia Standard Time

other identifiers keeping BST

Same offset · UTC-03:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is America/Bahia?
America/Bahia is UTC-03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Bahia observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Bahia has never observed DST — it has kept UTC-03:00 continuously since 25 February 2012.
Which country uses America/Bahia?
Brazil. It is one of 16 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Bahia the same as BST?
America/Bahia is one of the IANA zones that keeps Brasilia Standard Time (BST). Use America/Bahia in software — BST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=America/Bahia
{
"iana": "America/Bahia",
"utc_offset": "-03:00",
"abbreviation": "-03",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "BR"
}