Santo Domingo — America/Santo_Domingo
The current local time in the America/Santo_Domingo IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Dominican Republic. The zone is currently at UTC -04:00 · AST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Santo_Domingo
Sunday, 11 October 2026 AST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -04:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Santo_Domingo
Santo Domingo vs. major cities
How far Santo Domingo is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Santo Domingo, 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 Santo Domingo | 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 Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo
Since 1970, Santo Domingo has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 5 of 57 years. Since 2001 it has stayed on UTC -04:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Santo Domingo stays on UTC -04:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:30 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1974–1999 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2000 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in December, back on the last Sunday in October |
| 2001–2026 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Santo Domingo
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Santo_Domingo on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Anguilla Antigua America/Antigua Aruba America/Aruba Barbados America/Barbados Blanc-Sablon America/Blanc-Sablon Boa Vista America/Boa_Vista Campo Grande America/Campo_Grande Caracas America/Caracas Cuiaba America/Cuiaba Curacao America/Curacao Dominica America/Dominica Grenada America/Grenada Guadeloupe America/Guadeloupe Guyana America/Guyana Kralendijk America/Kralendijk La Paz America/La_Paz Lower Princes America/Lower_Princes Manaus America/Manaus More references for America/Santo_Domingo
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