| Time in Panama | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Initials | EST |
| UTC offset | UTC−5 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| America/Panama | |
Panama observes Eastern Standard Zone (UTC−5) year-round.[1]
In the IANA time zone database, Panama is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/Panama. "PA" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Panama directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[2]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | +0858−07932 | America/Panama | EST - ON (Atikokan), NU (Coral H) | −05:00 | −05:00 |