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America/Ciudad_Juarez

America/Ciudad_Juarez is the IANA time zone for Chihuahua (US border – west) in Mexico.

UTC−06:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−6 MDT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−07:00
Daylight offset
UTC−06:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the second Sunday in March at 02:00 to the first Sunday in November at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: back to UTC−7 (MDT → MST)
  • Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: forward to UTC−6 (MST → MDT)

Names

Generic name
Mountain Time
Abbreviation
MST / MDT
Standard / daylight
Mountain Standard Time / Mountain Daylight Time

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Ciudad_Juarez

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1995: UTC−6
  • 1996–1997: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1998–2026: UTC−7 and UTC−6 each year

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