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America/El_Salvador

America/El_Salvador is the IANA time zone for El Salvador.

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/El_Salvador' })

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

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

Cities in America/El_Salvador

Also in this zone: Soyapango, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Mejicanos, Santa Tecla, Apopa, Sonsonate, Usulután, Cojutepeque, San Vicente, Zacatecoluca, Ahuachapán, La Unión, Sensuntepeque, Chalatenango, San Francisco.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1986: UTC−6
  • 1987–1988: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1989–2026: UTC−6

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