It is 20:35 on Friday, October 2, 2026 in Lower Princes, Sint Maarten. The city runs on UTC-4 (AST), which puts it 1 hour behind Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Lower Princes
Lower Princes follows the America/Lower_Princes time zone, abbreviated AST. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC-4.
Lower Princes does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC-4 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 1 hour. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Lower Princes.
Time difference between Brasília and Lower Princes
To convert, take Brasília time and subtract 1 hour; early in the morning in Brasília it may still be the previous day in Lower Princes. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Lower Princes is 13:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 01:00 in Brasília. Because Lower Princes is behind, its calendar date is still the previous day in the first 1 hour after midnight in Brasília (until 01:00). Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Lower Princes (UTC-4) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
Best time to call Lower Princes from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 10:00 to 18:00 in Brasília, which is 09:00 to 17:00 in Lower Princes. That is nearly the whole working day, so scheduling is easy.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Lower Princes today
Today the Sun rises in Lower Princes at 06:02 and sets at 17:59 local time, a daylight span of 11h 57min, with solar noon at 12:01. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Lower Princes?
Lower Princes is at 18.05° N, 63.05° W (country: Sint Maarten). Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.