America/Martinique

Time zone identifier: America/Martinique

Current civil offset: -04:00 (AST)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1890-01-01

Local Mean Time (LMT): -04:04:20 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 4 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: MQ

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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

-6:00 -5:00 -4:00 -3:00 -2:00 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Text summary: America/Martinique shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1890-01-01 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (4 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1890-01-01T04:04:20Z 1890-01-01 00:00:00 -04:04:20 → -04:04:20 FFMT No offset-only
1911-05-01T04:04:20Z 1911-05-01 00:04:20 -04:04:20 → -04:00 AST No gap
1980-04-06T04:00:00Z 1980-04-06 01:00:00 -04:00 → -03:00 ADT Yes gap
1980-09-28T03:00:00Z 1980-09-27 23:00:00 -03:00 → -04:00 AST No overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: northamerica (Lines 3727 to 3729)
Martinique
Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Years on Record

Methodology Note: The 1970 Rule

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.