IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Port-au-Prince

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

UTC-04:00Abbreviation EDTObserves daylight saving
Time in America/Port-au-Prince☾ Night
19:01:20
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-04:00
Abbreviation
EDT
DST
Active

Current offset

UTC-04:00

standard UTC-05:00 · daylight UTC-04:00

Abbreviation

EDT

the daylight-saving form

DST behaviour

Observes

changes clocks twice a year

Country

🇭🇹 Haiti

ISO 3166: HT · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Port-au-Prince 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 EDT 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/Port-au-Prince',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

Two offsets,
every year.

America/Port-au-Prince alternates between EST (UTC-05:00) and EDT (UTC-04:00). Right now it is on EDT; clocks fall back on 1 November 2026.

The year at a glance

EST · UTC-05:00EDT · UTC-04:00EST · UTC-05:008 Mar · +1h1 Nov · −1h Jan 2026 Dec

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Port-au-Prince
ISO country codeHT🇭🇹 Haiti
Reference coordinates18.53°N, 72.33°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-05:00abbreviation EST
Daylight offsetUTC-04:00abbreviation EDT
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Haiti, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Port-au-Prince or Eastern Standard Time.

🇭🇹
Haiti

11M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Port-au-Prince.

Country page →
🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince
19:01
19:01:20 · EDT
pop. 987KEST
🇭🇹 Carrefour
19:01
19:01:20 · EDT
pop. 511KEST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Eastern Standard Time

other identifiers keeping EST

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/Port-au-Prince?
America/Port-au-Prince is currently UTC-04:00 (EDT). It alternates between UTC-05:00 in winter and UTC-04:00 in summer.
Does America/Port-au-Prince observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks fall back at the next transition on 1 November 2026, as they do twice every year.
Which country uses America/Port-au-Prince?
Haiti. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Port-au-Prince the same as EST?
America/Port-au-Prince is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern Standard Time (EST). Use America/Port-au-Prince in software — EST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

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

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Port-au-Prince
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Port-au-Prince",
"observes_dst": true,
"country": { "code": "HT", "name": "Haiti" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "EDT",
…
},
…
}
}