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America/Mexico_City

America/Mexico_City is the IANA time zone for Central Mexico in Mexico.

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
Aliases
Mexico/General (old ids that resolve to America/Mexico_City)

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Mexico_City

Also in this zone: Iztapalapa, Gustavo Adolfo Madero, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Naucalpan de Juárez, Morelia, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Acapulco de Juárez, Tlalnepantla, Tlaquepaque, Coyoacán.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1995: UTC−6
  • 1996–2022: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 2023–2026: UTC−6

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