Uruguay is located at a longitude appropriate for a UTC−04:00 time zone offset, but it actually uses a UTC−03:00 offset. Uruguay used to observe daylight saving time (UTC−02:00) from October until March.[1] On 30 June 2015, the Uruguayan government decided to abolish DST, establishing the UTC−03:00 time zone all year round.[2] The term "UYT" is used in and out of the country to convey specific Uruguay time.[3]
IANA time zone database
editIn the file zone.tab of the IANA time zone database Uruguay has the following zone:
- America/Montevideo, covering all its territory
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Decreto 1303/06 Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine - Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish)
- ^ El Observador.com.uy
- ^ "Time zone names- Uruguay Time".
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