IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Anguilla

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

UTC-04:00Abbreviation ASTNo daylight saving
Time in America/Anguilla☾ Night
19:00:18
Wednesday, October 14, 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

None

one offset all year

Country

🇦🇮 Anguilla

ISO 3166: AI · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Anguilla 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/Anguilla',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
114 years.

America/Anguilla has kept UTC-04:00 year-round since 2 March 1912 — 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

−04:12:16UTC-04:00 · UNCHANGED 2 March 1912 NOW

Keeping this offset since

2 March 1912

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 · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Anguilla
ISO country codeAI🇦🇮 Anguilla
Reference coordinates18.20°N, 63.07°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-04:00abbreviation AST
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Anguilla, one clock.

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

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

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/Anguilla?
America/Anguilla is UTC-04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Anguilla observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Anguilla stays on UTC-04:00 all year, as it has since 2 March 1912.
Which country uses America/Anguilla?
Anguilla. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Anguilla the same as AST?
America/Anguilla is one of the IANA zones that keeps Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Use America/Anguilla in software — AST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

Also in the API: time zones by coordinates, conversions that flag daylight saving gaps, and abbreviations decoded.

Moving off WorldTimeAPI? Our drop-in replacement needs no key.

// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Anguilla
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Anguilla",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "AI", "name": "Anguilla" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "AST",
…
},
…
}
}