Jamaica — America/Jamaica
The current local time in the America/Jamaica IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Jamaica in the area around Jamaica. The zone is currently at UTC -05:00 · EST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Jamaica
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Jamaica
Jamaica vs. major cities
How far Jamaica is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Paris · France | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +10:30 h | 19:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Jamaica 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 Jamaica
Since 1970, Jamaica has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 10 of 57 years. Since 1984 it has stayed on UTC -05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Jamaica stays on UTC -05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974–1983 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in April, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1976) |
| 1984–2026 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Jamaica
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Jamaica on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
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