JST (context-dependent and ambiguous)

E446088

JST is the time zone abbreviation commonly used to refer to Jamaica Standard Time, which aligns with UTC−5 and does not observe daylight saving time.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
JST (context-dependent and ambiguous) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf time zone ⓘ
time zone abbreviation ⓘ
ambiguousWith Japan Standard Time ⓘ
Jordan Standard Time ⓘ
countryUsedIn Jamaica ⓘ
differsFrom Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) during northern summer ⓘ
DSTOffsetChange none ⓘ
governingAuthority Government of Jamaica ⓘ
IANAZoneIdentifier America/Jamaica ⓘ
isFixedOffsetYearRound yes ⓘ
legalBasis Jamaican national time regulations ⓘ
observedInCapital Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ
offsetHours −5 ⓘ
offsetMinutes 0 ⓘ
refersTo Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
sameStandardOffsetAs Eastern Standard Time (North America) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
standsFor Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ
timeNotation 12-hour clock (commonly used) ⓘ
24-hour clock (also used) ⓘ
timeZoneOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
typicalAbbreviation JST ⓘ
usesDSTCurrently no ⓘ
usesDSTHistorically yes (intermittently in the past) ⓘ
UTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jamaica Standard Time → standardAbbreviation → JST (context-dependent and ambiguous) ⓘ