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America/Havana

America/Havana is the IANA time zone for Cuba.

UTC−04:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−4 CDT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Daylight offset
UTC−04:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the second Sunday in March at 00:00 to the first Sunday in November at 01:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 01:00: back to UTC−5 (CDT → CST)
  • Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 00:00: forward to UTC−4 (CST → CDT)

Names

Generic name
Cuba Time
Abbreviation
CST / CDT
Standard / daylight
Cuba Standard Time / Cuba Daylight Time
Aliases
Cuba (old ids that resolve to America/Havana)

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Havana

Also in this zone: Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo, Santa Clara, Arroyo Naranjo, Las Tunas, Bayamo, Pinar del Río, Cienfuegos, Fontanar, San Miguel del Padrón, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila, Manzanillo, Sancti Spíritus, Guanabacoa.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–2004: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 2005: UTC−4
  • 2006–2026: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year

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