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America/Guatemala

America/Guatemala is the IANA time zone for Guatemala.

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/Guatemala' })

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

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

Cities in America/Guatemala

Also in this zone: Villa Nueva, Mixco, Cobán, Quetzaltenango, Jalapa, Escuintla, Villa Canales, Jutiapa, Chichicastenango, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Petapa, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Chiquimula, Coatepeque, Chinautla, Totonicapán, Puerto Barrios.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1972: UTC−6
  • 1973–1974: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 1975–1982: UTC−6
  • 1983: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 1984–1990: UTC−6
  • 1991: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 1992–2005: UTC−6
  • 2006: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 2007–2026: UTC−6

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