Current time in Dominican Republic
Local time in Dominican Republic
The time in Dominican Republic is 4 hours behind UTC and 5 hours behind Amsterdam. The timezone in Dominican Republic is Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Dominican Republic is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 2000.
Details for the time in Dominican Republic
| Current time | 10:45 p.m.
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| Time zone | Atlantic Standard Time (AST) |
| IANA time zone | America/Santo_Domingo |
| Your time difference | 5 hours behind Amsterdam |
| UTC time difference | UTC-4 4 hours behind UTC |
Dominican Republic Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Dominican Republic is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic uses Atlantic Standard Time AST. AST is UTC -0400. The Dominican Republic's latitude and longitude is 19° 00’ N and 70° 00’ W. Therefore the four hours offset between UTC and AST results in a relatively late sunrise in the Dominican Republic. Because of its low latitude the Dominican Republic has no use for daylight savings time.
Important cities in Dominican Republic
The current time in some important cities in Dominican Republic is shown below.
Time in Dominican Republic