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America/Rankin_Inlet

America/Rankin_Inlet is the IANA time zone for Central – NU (central) in Canada.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5 CDT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−06:00
Daylight offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the second Sunday in March at 02:00 to the first Sunday in November at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: back to UTC−6 (CDT → CST)
  • Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: forward to UTC−5 (CST → CDT)

Names

Generic name
Central Time
Abbreviation
CST / CDT
Standard / daylight
Central Standard Time / Central Daylight Time

Use it in code

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

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

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

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1971: UTC−6
  • 1972–2026: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year

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