Eastern Standard Time (Panama)

E113554

standard time time zone

Eastern Standard Time (Panama) is the year-round time standard used in Panama, corresponding to UTC−5 without daylight saving time.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Standard Time	6
Eastern Standard Time (Panama) canonical	4
Eastern Standard Time (no DST)	2
Eastern Standard Time (no daylight saving)	2
Eastern Standard Time (without DST)	1
Panama Time	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964579 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern Standard Time (Panama)
Context triple: [Yaviza, timeZone, Eastern Standard Time (Panama)]

A. America/Belize
America/Belize is the IANA time zone identifier representing the standard time observed in Belize, corresponding to Central Standard Time without daylight saving changes.
B. Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone is a standard time zone used by the eastern portion of North America, including major U.S. cities such as New York and Washington, D.C.
C. America/Managua
America/Managua is the IANA time zone identifier representing local time in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua.
D. Atlantic Time Zone
The Atlantic Time Zone is a North American time zone used in eastern Canada and parts of the Caribbean, typically one hour ahead of Eastern Time.
E. Jamaica Standard Time
Jamaica Standard Time is the time zone observed throughout Jamaica, corresponding to UTC−5 without daylight saving time.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern Standard Time (Panama)
Target entity description: Eastern Standard Time (Panama) is the year-round time standard used in Panama, corresponding to UTC−5 without daylight saving time.

A. America/Belize
America/Belize is the IANA time zone identifier representing the standard time observed in Belize, corresponding to Central Standard Time without daylight saving changes.
B. Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone is a standard time zone used by the eastern portion of North America, including major U.S. cities such as New York and Washington, D.C.
C. America/Managua
America/Managua is the IANA time zone identifier representing local time in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua.
D. Atlantic Time Zone
The Atlantic Time Zone is a North American time zone used in eastern Canada and parts of the Caribbean, typically one hour ahead of Eastern Time.
E. Jamaica Standard Time
Jamaica Standard Time is the time zone observed throughout Jamaica, corresponding to UTC−5 without daylight saving time.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	standard time ⓘ time zone ⓘ
appliesToCapitalCity	Panama City ⓘ
appliesToRegion	entire territory of Panama ⓘ
coincidesWithUTCInMonth	never (always 5 hours behind UTC) ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
DSTObservedBetweenYears	none ⓘ
DSTOffsetChange	0 hours (no change) ⓘ
DSTPolicy	Panama does not observe daylight saving time ⓘ
IANAZoneIdentifier	America/Panama ⓘ
isFixedOffsetZone	yes ⓘ
legalTimeIn	Republic of Panama ⓘ linked to: Panama
observedInCountry	Panama ⓘ
observedYearRound	yes ⓘ
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTime	−5 hours ⓘ
primaryUse	civil, commercial, and governmental timekeeping in Panama ⓘ
sameOffsetAs	Colombia Standard Time ⓘ linked to: America/Bogota Cuba Standard Time (non‑DST period) ⓘ linked to: Cuba Standard Time Eastern Standard Time (North America) ⓘ linked to: Eastern Time Zone Ecuador Time (continental Ecuador) ⓘ Haiti Standard Time (non‑DST period) ⓘ linked to: Jamaica Standard Time Peru Time ⓘ
timeDifferenceFromUTCInSeconds	−18000 ⓘ
timeNotation	12-hour clock (commonly used in daily life) ⓘ 24-hour clock (de facto in many official uses) ⓘ
typicalAbbreviation	EST ⓘ
usedForCivilTime	yes ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime	no ⓘ
UTCOffset	UTC−05:00 ⓘ