Sint Maarten · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Philipsburg and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Philipsburg lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Philipsburg and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Philipsburg lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Philipsburg and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Philipsburg.
Practical Info
Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) is home to roughly 2K people. Today brings about 13.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 18:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Sint Maarten
Capital
Philipsburg 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Lower_Princes
Coordinates
18.03°N, 63.05°W
Currency
ANG (ƒ)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Saint Martin has been divided between France and the Netherlands since 1648, across about 87 square kilometres — the smallest inhabited island in the world shared by two sovereign states. The border is unmarked and uncontrolled.
The clock: both halves keep UTC−4, though the Dutch side uses the US dollar and the French side the euro.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap