Jamaica Time (JAM) is the official time in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. It is five hours behind

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( UTC−05:00).Timeanddate.co

Retrieved January, 13, 2019 Jamaica has only one

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and does not observe

daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...

. During winter, Jamaican Time is equivalent to North American Eastern Standard Time, whereas in the summer it is equivalent to

Central Daylight Time The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...

IANA time zone database

In the

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Jamaica has the following time zone: * America/Jamaica (JM)

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Time in Jamaica
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