What timezone is Freeport in?

Freeport uses the IANA timezone America/Nassau. The UTC offset is UTC-5 in winter (standard time) and UTC-4 during daylight saving time (summer).

Does Freeport observe daylight saving time?

Yes. Freeport observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC-5 (standard time) to UTC-4 in summer.

What is the current UTC offset for Freeport?

Freeport is currently at UTC-4. It is currently observing daylight saving time.

What is the time difference between Freeport and London?

Freeport is currently 5 hours behind London.

Freeport, Bahamas · UTC-4

13:45:13

Thursday, April 2, 2026

W14 ↑ 06:37 ↓ 19:20 DST

Your time --:--

Freeport --:--

Convert time from Freeport

in Freeport is Convert

MEETING PLANNER hover a column · click to lock

Freeport, on Grand Bahama Island, uses America/Nassau, Eastern Standard Time in winter (UTC-5) and Eastern Daylight Time in summer (UTC-4), following the same DST schedule as the United States. Grand Bahama is roughly 100 kilometers from Florida’s Palm Beach County. The shared clock with Florida is practically essential for the tourism and trade that connect the islands to the US mainland.

built for American business, on American time

The Bahamas could have chosen not to observe DST, like their Caribbean neighbors to the south. Instead, they align with US Eastern Time, which means Bahamian businesses, airlines, and resorts never have to explain a one-hour difference to American visitors. When Florida changes its clocks, the Bahamas changes theirs too.

Freeport was developed from scratch in the 1950s as a free-trade zone, designed to attract American business investment. Its entire economic rationale was integration with the US market. The shared timezone is part of that integration. A Freeport casino and a Miami hotel run on the same clock, and that is not an accident.

Convert 9am Freeport time to London

Sources

IANA Time Zone Database
Bahamas Meteorological Department
Johnson, Doris. The Quiet Revolution in the Bahamas. Family Islands Press, 1972.

Same time as Freeport

Brooklyn Camagüey Carrefour Cockburn Town Delmas Havana Holguín Killarney Lucaya Mississauga and more

Compare Freeport with

New York City London Tokyo Sydney Adak Alajuela

Questions about time in Freeport

What timezone is Freeport in?: Freeport is in Eastern Time (ET), using the IANA timezone America/Nassau. The standard UTC offset is UTC-5 (EST) in winter and UTC-4 (EDT) during daylight saving time.
Does Freeport observe daylight saving time?: Yes. Freeport observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC-5 (standard time) to UTC-4 in summer.
What is the current UTC offset for Freeport?: Freeport is currently at UTC-4. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
What is the time difference between Freeport and London?: Freeport is currently 5 hours behind London.
What is the time difference between Freeport and Los Angeles?: Freeport is currently 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Freeport and Tokyo?: Freeport is currently 13 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Freeport transitions to/from DST.
What is the IANA timezone name for Freeport?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Freeport is America/Nassau. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Nassau' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Nassau')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

Freeport, Bahamas · UTC-4 ☆