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America/Costa_Rica

America/Costa_Rica is the IANA time zone for Costa Rica.

UTC−06:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−6 CST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−06:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC−6 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Central Standard Time
Abbreviation
CST
Long name
Central Standard Time

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Costa_Rica

Also in this zone: Limón, Alajuela, Liberia, Puntarenas, Cartago, Heredia.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1978: UTC−6
  • 1979–1980: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1981–1990: UTC−6
  • 1991–1992: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1993–2026: UTC−6

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