America/Santo_Domingo

Time zone identifier: America/Santo_Domingo

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): -04:39:36 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 17 transitions across 5 distinct offsets

Associated countries: DO

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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

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

Text summary: America/Santo_Domingo shifted between 5 distinct offsets from 1890-01-01 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (17 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1890-01-01T04:39:36Z 1889-12-31 23:59:36 -04:39:36 → -04:40 SDMT No overlap
1933-04-01T16:40:00Z 1933-04-01 11:40:00 -04:40 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1966-10-30T05:00:00Z 1966-10-30 01:00:00 -05:00 → -04:00 EDT Yes gap
1967-02-28T04:00:00Z 1967-02-27 23:00:00 -04:00 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1969-10-26T05:00:00Z 1969-10-26 00:30:00 -05:00 → -04:30 -0430 Yes gap
1970-02-21T04:30:00Z 1970-02-20 23:30:00 -04:30 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1970-10-25T05:00:00Z 1970-10-25 00:30:00 -05:00 → -04:30 -0430 Yes gap
1971-01-20T04:30:00Z 1971-01-19 23:30:00 -04:30 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1971-10-31T05:00:00Z 1971-10-31 00:30:00 -05:00 → -04:30 -0430 Yes gap
1972-01-21T04:30:00Z 1972-01-20 23:30:00 -04:30 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1972-10-29T05:00:00Z 1972-10-29 00:30:00 -05:00 → -04:30 -0430 Yes gap
1973-01-21T04:30:00Z 1973-01-20 23:30:00 -04:30 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1973-10-28T05:00:00Z 1973-10-28 00:30:00 -05:00 → -04:30 -0430 Yes gap
1974-01-21T04:30:00Z 1974-01-20 23:30:00 -04:30 → -05:00 EST No overlap
1974-10-27T05:00:00Z 1974-10-27 01:00:00 -05:00 → -04:00 AST No gap
2000-10-29T06:00:00Z 2000-10-29 01:00:00 -04:00 → -05:00 EST No overlap
2000-12-03T06:00:00Z 2000-12-03 02:00:00 -05:00 → -04:00 AST No gap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: northamerica (Lines 3532 to 3532)
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.