Barbados operates on Atlantic Standard Time (AST), which is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4). Barbados does not observe daylight saving time, so the time remains consistent throughout the year.
All of Barbados follows the same timezone. The capital Bridgetown, along with Speightstown, Holetown, Oistins, and all eleven parishes, observe Atlantic Standard Time. Barbados is the easternmost island in the Caribbean.
Barbados is the birthplace of rum, with Mount Gay Rum Distillery being the oldest rum distillery in the world, operating since 1703. The island is also the birthplace of pop superstar Rihanna. Barbados was the first Caribbean island to have piped water, electricity, and a railway system.