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Bahia — America/Bahia

The current local time in the America/Bahia IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Brazil. The zone is currently at UTC -03:00 · GMT-3 and does not observe daylight saving time.

America/Bahia

12:38:58

Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3

Zone information

IANA designation

America/Bahia

Region: America

Offset & DST

Current UTC offset: -03:00

Daylight saving: Not observed

Countries using America/Bahia

Bahia vs. major cities

How far Bahia is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Bahia, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City Difference At 09:00 in Bahia Shared office hours
New York · United States −1 h 08:00 10:00–17:00
Los Angeles · United States −4 h 05:00 13:00–17:00
São Paulo · Brazil Same time 09:00 09:00–17:00
London · United Kingdom +4 h 13:00 09:00–13:00
Paris · France +5 h 14:00 09:00–12:00
Johannesburg · South Africa +5 h 14:00 09:00–12:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates +7 h 16:00 09:00–10:00
Delhi · India +8:30 h 17:30 None
Singapore · Singapore +11 h 20:00 None
Beijing · China +11 h 20:00 None

Shared office hours are shown in Bahia time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.

Clock changes in Bahia

Since 1970, Bahia has gone through 6 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 17 of 57 years. Since 2012 it has stayed on UTC -03:00 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Bahia stays on UTC -03:00 all year.

Time zone history since 1970

YearsOffsetDaylight saving
1970–1984UTC -03:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1985UTC -02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1986–2002UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00Daylight saving dates varied from year to year
2003–2010UTC -03:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
2011UTC -02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
2012–2026UTC -03:00 all yearNo daylight saving time

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

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