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America/Cancun

America/Cancun is the IANA time zone for Quintana Roo in Mexico.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5 EST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC−5 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Eastern Standard Time
Abbreviation
EST
Long name
Eastern Standard Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Cancun' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('America/Cancun')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Cancun';

Cities in America/Cancun

Also in this zone: Chetumal, Playa del Carmen.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1980: UTC−6
  • 1981: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 1982: UTC−5
  • 1983: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 1984–1995: UTC−6
  • 1996–1997: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1998: UTC−6, UTC−5 and UTC−4 during the year
  • 1999–2015: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 2016–2026: UTC−5

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