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America/Monterrey

America/Monterrey is the IANA time zone for Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (most areas) 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

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in America/Monterrey

Also in this zone: Torreón, Saltillo, Guadalupe, Victoria de Durango, Ciudad Apodaca, Ciudad General Escobedo, San Nicolás de los Garza, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, Ciudad Benito Juárez, Santa Catarina, Gómez Palacio, Monclova, Ciudad Madero, San Pedro Garza García, Miramar.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1987: UTC−6
  • 1988: UTC−6 and UTC−5 during the year
  • 1989–1995: UTC−6
  • 1996–2022: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 2023–2026: UTC−6

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