Port-au-Prince — America/Port-au-Prince
The current local time in the America/Port-au-Prince IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Haiti in the area around Port-au-Prince. The zone is currently at UTC -04:00 · EDT and observes daylight saving time.
America/Port-au-Prince
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EDT
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -04:00
Daylight saving: Observed
January offset -05:00 · July offset -04:00
Countries using America/Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince vs. major cities
How far Port-au-Prince is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Port-au-Prince, 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 Port-au-Prince | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Paris · France | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +9:30 h | 18:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince
Since 1970, Port-au-Prince has gone through 8 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 31 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2017, is UTC -05:00 with UTC -04:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 1 November 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -05:00 |
| Sunday, 14 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 7 November 2027 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -05:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1982 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983–1997 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in April, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1988) |
| 1998–2004 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2005–2006 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 2007–2011 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2012–2015 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November |
| 2016 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2017–2026 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Port-au-Prince
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Port-au-Prince on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
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