Blanc-Sablon, Canada · UTC-4
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Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada, runs on Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4) year-round. No daylight saving time is observed. IANA timezone: America/Blanc-Sablon.
Blanc-Sablon is a small village on the Quebec side of the border with Labrador, at the very northeastern tip of Quebec. It runs on America/Blanc-Sablon: UTC-4, year-round, with no daylight saving time. This makes it exceptional in two ways: it is in Quebec but not on Quebec time, and it never changes its clocks when the rest of eastern Canada springs forward in March.
The reason is practical geography. Blanc-Sablon is physically closer to Newfoundland and Labrador than to the rest of Quebec. Its community of a few hundred people, along with several small villages in the Lower North Shore region, are connected to the outside world by sea and air rather than by road. Their natural commercial and social connections run toward St. Anthony in Newfoundland, not toward Quebec City.
The timezone island
Most of Quebec uses Eastern Time: UTC-5 in winter, UTC-4 in summer with DST. Blanc-Sablon uses UTC-4 year-round. This creates an odd situation: in winter, Blanc-Sablon and Quebec City are on the same clock (both UTC-5 and UTC-4 respectively). Wait: actually, Blanc-Sablon is always UTC-4, and eastern Quebec in winter is UTC-5. So Blanc-Sablon is one hour ahead of Quebec City in winter, and the same as Quebec City in summer when Quebec observes DST. The village stays while the province moves.
Newfoundland, just across the Strait of Belle Isle, uses its own timezone: UTC-3:30 in winter, UTC-2:30 in summer. Blanc-Sablon sits between two unusual Canadian timezone zones.
A remote community
The village was once a French fishing outpost. Today it remains small and remote. The ferry to Saint-Barbe, Newfoundland, is the main link to the broader road network. The time difference between Blanc-Sablon and London is four hours behind in winter, five in summer when the UK observes BST.
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Questions about time in Blanc-Sablon
- What timezone is Blanc-Sablon in?
- Blanc-Sablon uses the IANA timezone
America/Blanc-Sablon. The UTC offset is always UTC-4 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Blanc-Sablon observe daylight saving time?
- No. Blanc-Sablon does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-4 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Blanc-Sablon?
- Blanc-Sablon is currently at UTC-4.
- What is the time difference between Blanc-Sablon and London?
- Blanc-Sablon is currently 5 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Blanc-Sablon and Los Angeles?
- Blanc-Sablon is currently 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Blanc-Sablon and Tokyo?
- Blanc-Sablon is currently 13 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Blanc-Sablon?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Blanc-Sablon is
America/Blanc-Sablon. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Blanc-Sablon' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Blanc-Sablon')`), or any IANA-compatible library.