Time in the Bahamas

{{short description|none}} {{Infobox time zone country | name = Time in the Bahamas | image = | caption = | time_zone = Eastern Standard Time | initials = EST | offset = UTC−5 | meridian = | notation = | adopted = | dst = yes | dst_name = Eastern Daylight Time | dst_initials = EDT | dst_offset = UTC−4 | dst_start = Second Sunday in March | dst_end = First Sunday in November | dst_since = | tz = America/Nassau }} The Bahamas observes Eastern Standard Time Zone (UTC−5) as standard time, and Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) as daylight saving time (DST). DST is observed annually from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahamas-the/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110042949/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahamas-the|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2021|title=Bahamas, The|website=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)|access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

== IANA time zone database == In the IANA time zone database, the Bahamas is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/Nassau. "BS" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for the Bahamas directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:<ref name="IANA">{{cite web|title=North America|url=https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/northamerica|website=tz database|publisher=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! c.c.* ! coordinates* ! TZ* ! Comments ! UTC offset !! DST |---- | {{Time zone/zone.tab cols linked|America/Nassau}} |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == *[https://time.is/The_Bahamas Current time in the Bahamas] at ''Time.is'' *[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/bahamas/nassau Time in the Bahamas] at ''TimeAndDate''

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