UTC−06:00 explained
UTC−06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06:00. In North America, it is observed in the Central Time Zone during standard time, and in the Mountain Time Zone during the other eight months (see daylight saving time). Several Latin American countries and a few other places use it year-round.
As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Winnipeg, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Austin, Memphis, Kansas City, San Antonio, Nashville, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Reynosa
North America
CST is standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, centralized by the 90th meridian; used in North America in some parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States.[1]
- Canada (Central Time Zone)
- Mexico (near US border with Texas)
- United States (Central Time Zone)
As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)
Principal cities: Calgary, Edmonton, Yellowknife, Denver, Billings, Boise, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, El Paso, Ciudad Juárez
North America
- Canada (Mountain Time Zone)[9]
- Mexico (near US border with New Mexico & western Texas)
- United States (Mountain Time Zone)[4]
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Regina, Saskatoon, Huntsville, Little Rock, Puebla, Orizaba, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, Managua, Belmopan, Belize City, San José, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Liberia.
Central America
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Called Central America Time Zone
North America
- Canada (Central Time Zone)
- Mexico (Zona Centro)
- All except Baja California, Baja California Sur, most of Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and the northern municipalities of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.[3]
- A small enclave of the UTC−6 time zone is followed in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, due to its strong economic ties with the neighboring municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. In most UNIX-like operating systems this area is represented as America/Bahia_Banderas.
Oceania
East Pacific
As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter)
Principal settlement: Hanga Roa
Oceania
East Pacific
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: WordNet Search – 3.1. wordnetweb.princeton.edu. 9 July 2017.
- Web site: Ontario Time Zone – Ontario Current Local Time – Daylight Saving Time. TimeTemperature.com. 1 February 2015.
- Web site: Hora Oficial en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 2 April 2023. Centro Nacional de Metrologîa. es. 21 October 2023.
- Web site: Time Zones of the United States. Statoids. 25 August 2012.
- Web site: Time zone map (spring). 13 March 2011. Indiana State. 14 July 2012. 10 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510094451/http://www.in.gov/core/files/time_zone_map(spring)11_13_11.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Kentucky County Map. Kentucky Map Collection. Geology.com. 6 October 2012.
- Web site: Michigan Time Zone – Michigan Current Local Time – Daylight Saving Time. TimeTemperature.com. 25 August 2012.
- Web site: Tennessee County Map. Tennessee Map Collection. Geology.com. 6 October 2012.
- Web site: North American time zones: MST – Mountain Standard Time. Time and Date. 28 September 2012.
- http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fort-nelson-canada-time-zone.html New Time Zone in Fort Nelson
- Web site: Canada Time Zone Map. WorldTimeZone.com. 9 November 2012.
- Web site: 15 USC § 264 – Part of Idaho in Fourth Zone. Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School. 15 July 2012.