IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Manaus

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

UTC-04:00Abbreviation -04No DST — never observed
Time in America/Manaus☾ Night
18:59:12
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Offset
UTC-04:00
Abbreviation
-04
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-04:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-04

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/Manaus 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 -04 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/Manaus',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
32 years.

America/Manaus has kept UTC-04:00 year-round since 19 February 1994 — 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

−04:00:04UTC-04:00 · UNCHANGED 19 February 1994 NOW

Keeping this offset since

19 February 1994

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/Manaus
ISO country codeBR🇧🇷 Brazil
Reference coordinates3.13°S, 60.02°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-04:00abbreviation -04
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Brazil's 16 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Manaus or Amazon Standard Time.

🇧🇷
Brazil

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

Country page →
🇧🇷 Manaus
18:59
18:59:12 · -04
pop. 2.3MAST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Amazon Standard Time

other identifiers keeping AST

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/Manaus?
America/Manaus is UTC-04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Manaus observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Manaus has never observed DST — it has kept UTC-04:00 continuously since 19 February 1994.
Which country uses America/Manaus?
Brazil. It is one of 16 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Manaus the same as AST?
America/Manaus is one of the IANA zones that keeps Amazon Standard Time (AST). Use America/Manaus 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.

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=America/Manaus
{
"iana": "America/Manaus",
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "-04",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "BR"
}