Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Bahamas from overseas:

1) Look for the lowest telephone call rate for Bahamas, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 1 242 + City Area Code + Local number

If you have to make a telephone call from Bahamas you will need to dial bahamas-exit-code (eg: bahamas-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Nassau, Bahamas can be found at Time in Nassau.

Bahamas’s standard time is -5 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Bahamas utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Bahamas are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Bahamas.

These phone area codes are crucial only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Then again it is vital when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Bahamas commonly reveal geographical areas within Bahamas which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Bahamas is normally preceded in the dial string by the Bahamian country code or the international access code for Bahamas ("1 242").

Phone Area codes in Bahamas tend to be quoted along with the country access code for Bahamas.