IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Tortola

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

UTC-04:00Abbreviation ASTNo daylight saving
Time in America/Tortola☾ Night
19:01:11
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

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands

ISO 3166: VG · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
115 years.

America/Tortola has kept UTC-04:00 year-round since 1 July 1911 — 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

−04:18:28UTC-04:00 · UNCHANGED 1 July 1911 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 July 1911

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/Tortola
ISO country codeVG🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
Reference coordinates18.45°N, 64.62°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 British Virgin Islands, one clock.

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

🇻🇬
British Virgin Islands

39K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Tortola.

Country page →
🇻🇬 Road Town
19:01
19:01:11 · AST
pop. 13KAST

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/Lower_PrincesSint MaartenAmerica/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/ThuleGreenlandAtlantic/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/Tortola?
America/Tortola is UTC-04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Tortola observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Tortola stays on UTC-04:00 all year, as it has since 1 July 1911.
Which country uses America/Tortola?
British Virgin Islands. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Tortola the same as AST?
America/Tortola is one of the IANA zones that keeps Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Use America/Tortola 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

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