Uruguay is located at a longitude appropriate for a time zone offset, but it actually uses a offset. Uruguay used to observe daylight saving time from October until March.[1] On 30 June 2015, the Uruguayan government decided to abolish DST, establishing the time zone all year round.[2] The term "UYT" is used in and out of the country to convey specific Uruguay time.[3]
In the file zone.tab of the IANA time zone database Uruguay has the following zone: