Jamaica, New York is located in the Eastern Time Zone, which means that the time is Eastern Standard Time (EST) during regular time
and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when daylight savings is in effect.
Eastern Standard Time
When it is Eastern Standard Time, Jamaica, New York is UTC-05:00 which means that it is -5 hours offset from
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The Eastern Standard Time in Jamaica, New York (UTC-05:00) is shown in blue below:
Eastern Daylight Time
When it is Eastern Daylight Time, Jamaica, New York will be UTC-04:00 which means that it is -4 hours
offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time will be as follows in green:
As you can see, the difference between EST and EDT in Jamaica, New York is one hour, because the daylight savings is
adjusted by one hour.
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