Time Zone History

Haiti time zone history

On standard time, clocks in Port-au-Prince run 11 minutes behind local mean solar time. Local mean time, UTC−4:49:20, ended in 1890.

UTC−5

Standard time is UTC−5 (EDT/EST); clocks go forward to UTC−4 on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November.

tz database name America/Port-au-Prince

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Summer time in 31 of 57 years since 1970

UTC−5: today’s standard timeUTC−4:49:20, UTC−4:49: ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−4: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−5: today’s standard timeUTC−4:49:20, UTC−4:49: ahead oftoday’s standard timeUTC−4: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1890Local mean time (UTC−4:49:20) replacedUTC−4:49PPMT
January 24, 1917Standard time back 11 minutesUTC−5EST

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
1983May 8October 301 hour, EST to EDT
1984–1987last Sunday in April, 00:00last Sunday in October, 00:001 hour, EST to EDT
1988–1997first Sunday in April, 01:00last Sunday in October, 02:001 hour, EST to EDT
2005–2006first Sunday in April, 00:00last Sunday in October, 00:001 hour, EST to EDT
2012–2015second Sunday in March, 02:00first Sunday in November, 02:001 hour, EST to EDT
2017–2037second Sunday in March, 02:00first Sunday in November, 02:001 hour, EST to EDT

Clock changes in 2026, 2027 and 2028

The clocks go forward 1 hour (EST to EDT) on March 8, 2026, March 14, 2027 and March 12, 2028 at 02:00 and back 1 hour (EDT to EST) on November 1, 2026, November 7, 2027 and November 5, 2028 at 02:00, local time.

Also on UTC−5

Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Cancún (Mexico), Colombia, Monticello, Kentucky (United States), Guayaquil (Ecuador), New York (United States) and Louisville, Kentucky (United States) (nearest first; 13 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Dominican Republic (257 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 8,521 days in 37 different years between 1970 and 2026.
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (349 km): same time except 4,033 days in 1979–2011 and 2015–2018.
  • Jamaica (475 km): same time except 8,399 days in 1974–1997, 2005, 2006, 2012–2015 and 2017–2026.
  • Puerto Rico (657 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 6,726 days in 1983–1997, 2005, 2006, 2012–2015 and 2017–2026.
  • Venezuela (1,065 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 8,840 days in 1983–1997 and 2005–2026.

How it compares

Standard time has stayed at UTC−5 since 1917.