Time in Argentina explained

Argentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the or time zone; however, it actually uses the time zone. Argentina determines whether to change clocks in observation of daylight saving time on a year-by-year basis, and individual provinces may opt out of the federal decision. At present, Argentina does not change clocks.

The Argentine Hydrographic Service^[1] maintains the official national time.

History

The first official standardization of time in Argentina took place on 31 October 1894, with establishment of as the nation's standard time.^[2] From 1920 to 1969, the official time switched biannually between UTC−04:00 as standard time in winter and as daylight saving time in summer.^[3] From 1974 to 1993, clocks advanced again, such that the official time switched biannually between UTC−03:00 as winter DST and as summer double DST.^[4] In 1993, the national time was fixed at, called Argentina Time (ART;^{[5] [6]} Spanish; Castilian: hora oficial argentina, HOA).In 2007 and 2008, biannual switching between UTC–3:00 (winter DST) and UTC–2:00 (summer DDST) resumed; in 2009, this was replaced again with year-round UTC–3:00 (permanent DST).^[7]

IANA time zone database

In the file zone.tab of the IANA time zone database Argentina has the following zones:

1. America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires – Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
2. America/Argentina/Cordoba – most locations (CD, CC, CR, ER, FO, MN, SF)
3. America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN)
4. America/Argentina/Jujuy – Jujuy (JY)
5. America/Argentina/Tucuman – Tucuman (TM)
6. America/Argentina/Catamarca – Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
7. America/Argentina/La Rioja – La Rioja (LR)
8. America/Argentina/San Juan – San Juan (SJ)
9. America/Argentina/Mendoza – Mendoza (MZ)
10. America/Argentina/San Luis – San Luis (SL)
11. America/Argentina/Rio Gallegos – Santa Cruz (SC)
12. America/Argentina/Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego (TF)
13. America/Argentina/Santiago_del_Estero (SE)

References

• tz database – The tz database contains an extensive history of time zone and daylight saving time changes, with references to official sources for changes to time zones, for Argentina and the rest of the world.

External links

• Observatorio Naval Buenos Aires: National time

Notes and References

1. http://www.hidro.gov.ar/historia/historia_shn.asp#La%20hora%20oficial Hora Oficial
2. Web site: 2009-10-05. HORA DE VERANO PARA LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20030803233204/http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html . 2003-08-03.
3. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=51&syear=1925 Time Changes in Buenos Aires Over the Years, 1925–1949
4. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=51&syear=1970 Time Changes in Buenos Aires Over the Years, 1970–1979
5. Web site: Argentina Time – ART Time Zone.
6. Web site: 2008-01-26. Time zone names- Argentina Time.
7. El Gobierno no adelantará la hora oficial el próximo domingo . Actualidad . 16 October 2009 . 17 October 2023 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018063808/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1187055 . 18 October 2009.