Pamama time chnge?

[Hawk15]

Is there a time change at Colon? If we are docking at 7:00am ship time what is the local time in Colon?

[BillB48]

Maybe...... or maybe not:D! It will depend on a few things. First of all Panama is on Eastern Standard Time all year, so right now the time in Colon is the same as the East Coast of the US. On March 13 the US will begin Daylight Saving Time which will cause Colon to be one hour behind the East Coast of the US. I don't know what your itinerary is so you may be adjusting times before you get to Panama, for example Cartagena is EST but Aruba is Atlantic Standard Time and Costa Rica is Central Time. Your ship may or may not adjust to local times, there is no way to know until you are onboard with any certainty. The upcoming switch to DST adds another layer of uncertainty to the time shift question. Hope I did not muddy the water too much:o.

[vicmon]

that is correct we in Panama never adjust our clocks ... that means .. when the US is on daylight saving time we in Panama are one hour behind... when US go back - in november- to standard time, we both have the same time...