America/Cancun

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America/Cancun is the time zone used in the Mexican Caribbean region, including popular destinations such as Cancún and Chetumal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
America/Cancun canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IANA time zone identifier
time zone
changeToUtcMinusFiveEffectiveDate 2015-02-01
continent North America
coordinatesApproximate 21.1619°N 86.8515°W
country Mexico
countryCode MX
coversTouristDestination Cozumel
Isla Mujeres
Playa del Carmen
Riviera Maya
linked to: Riviera Maya region

Tulum
database tz database
dstObservationEnded 2015
dstRuleCurrent no DST
governingAuthorityForLegalTime Government of Mexico
ianaFormat Area/Location
ianaStatus active
ianaTimeZoneDatabaseName America/Cancun
ianaZoneFile northamerica
introducedAsSeparateZone 2015
languageOfRegion Spanish
legalTimeZoneOfState Quintana Roo
majorAirportInZone Cancún International Airport
Chetumal International Airport
observesDaylightSavingTime no
observesDstHistorically yes
offsetFromAmericaMexicoCity +1 hour
offsetFromUTCInHours -5
olsonTimeZoneId America/Cancun
previouslyGroupedWithZone America/Mexico_City
previousTimeZoneAbbreviationStandard CST
previousUtcOffsetBefore2015 UTC−06:00
primaryCity Cancún
region Mexican Caribbean
sameTimeAs America/Bogota
America/Jamaica
America/Panama
timeType civil time
timeZoneAbbreviationDaylight EST
timeZoneAbbreviationStandard EST
timeZoneRegionType city-based zone
usedFor local timekeeping in eastern Quintana Roo
usedInCity Cancún
Chetumal
usedInState Quintana Roo
utcOffsetDaylight UTC−05:00
utcOffsetStandard UTC−05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CTM timeZone America/Cancun
America/Cancun olsonTimeZoneId America/Cancun