IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Lower_Princes

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

UTC-04:00Abbreviation ASTNo DST — never observed
Time in America/Lower_Princes☾ Night
18:58:05
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Offset
UTC-04:00
Abbreviation
AST
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-04:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

AST

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇸🇽 Sint Maarten

ISO 3166: SX · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Lower_Princes 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 AST or -04:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
61 years.

America/Lower_Princes has kept UTC-04:00 year-round since 1 January 1965 — 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

−04:12:11UTC-04:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1965 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1965

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 4h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAmerica/Lower_Princes
ISO country codeSX🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
Reference coordinates18.05°N, 63.05°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-04:00abbreviation AST
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Sint Maarten, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Philipsburg or Atlantic Standard Time.

🇸🇽
Sint Maarten

44K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Lower_Princes.

Country page →
🇸🇽 Philipsburg
18:58
18:58:05 · AST
pop. 1.3KAST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Atlantic Standard Time

other identifiers keeping AST

America/AnguillaAnguillaAmerica/AntiguaAntigua and BarbudaAmerica/ArubaArubaAmerica/BarbadosBarbadosAmerica/Blanc-SablonCanadaAmerica/CuracaoCuraçaoAmerica/DominicaDominicaAmerica/Glace_BayCanadaAmerica/Goose_BayCanadaAmerica/GrenadaGrenadaAmerica/GuadeloupeGuadeloupeAmerica/HalifaxCanadaAmerica/KralendijkCaribbean NetherlandsAmerica/MarigotSaint MartinAmerica/MartiniqueMartiniqueAmerica/MonctonCanadaAmerica/MontserratMontserratAmerica/Port_of_SpainTrinidad and TobagoAmerica/Puerto_RicoPuerto RicoAmerica/Santo_DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica/St_BarthelemySaint BarthélemyAmerica/St_KittsSaint Kitts and NevisAmerica/St_LuciaSaint LuciaAmerica/St_ThomasUnited States Virgin IslandsAmerica/St_VincentSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmerica/ThuleGreenlandAmerica/TortolaBritish Virgin IslandsAtlantic/BermudaBermuda

Same offset · UTC-04:00

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/Lower_Princes?
America/Lower_Princes is UTC-04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Lower_Princes observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Lower_Princes has never observed DST — it has kept UTC-04:00 continuously since 1 January 1965.
Which country uses America/Lower_Princes?
Sint Maarten. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Lower_Princes the same as AST?
America/Lower_Princes is one of the IANA zones that keeps Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Use America/Lower_Princes in software — AST 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/Lower_Princes
{
"iana": "America/Lower_Princes",
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "AST",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "SX"
}