JST (context-dependent and ambiguous)

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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.

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

How these facts were elicited

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

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