America/Managua time zone
9:07AMCST
CSTUTC−6−1 h vs New York (you)
No transitions: America/Managua stays on CST (UTC−6).
About America/Managua
America/Managua is the IANA time zone for Nicaragua. It currently keeps Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) all year.
Its principal location is Managua at 12.15° N, 86.28° W.
Abbreviations in use: CST. Offset page: UTC−6.
Rule for future years (POSIX TZ string)
CST6
The standard time is called CST and is UTC−6. POSIX writes the offset with the opposite sign (west of Greenwich is positive), which is why the string says "6". There is no daylight saving rule: the zone stays on this offset for every year after the end of its explicit transitions. Software that has no full tzdata copy, such as many embedded devices, can use this string directly as the TZ environment variable.
History of America/Managua since 1970
The record starts with local mean time (UTC−5:45), which ended on January 1, 1890. The first daylight saving time in the record is in 1979.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1972 | UTC−6 all year | CST |
| 1973 | UTC−6 until May 1, then UTC−5 | CST, EST |
| 1974 | UTC−5 all year | EST |
| 1975 | UTC−5 until February 16, then UTC−6 | EST, CST |
| 1976–1978 | UTC−6 all year | CST |
| 1979–1980 | mostly UTC−6; also UTC−5 for part of the year | CST, CDT |
| 1981–1991 | UTC−6 all year | CST |
| 1992 | mostly UTC−5; also UTC−6 for part of the year | CST, EST |
| 1993–1996 | UTC−5 all year | EST |
| 1997–2004 | UTC−6 all year | CST |
| 2005–2006 | UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer | CST, CDT |
| 2007 onward | UTC−6 all year | CST |
Before 1970
1 offset change before 1970 in the record:
- Saturday, June 23, 1934: UTC−5:45 → UTC−6 (CST)
Changes of the winter (standard) offset: Tuesday, May 1, 1973, UTC−6 → UTC−5; Sunday, February 16, 1975, UTC−5 → UTC−6; Wednesday, January 1, 1992, UTC−6 → UTC−5; Wednesday, January 1, 1997, UTC−5 → UTC−6.
tzdata commits to accuracy from 1970 for every zone (zone1970.tab); earlier entries are historical research and may be incomplete.
Aliases and zones with the same clock
Other zones that keep exactly the same time under the current rules (but have a different history): America/Bahia_Banderas, America/Belize, America/Chihuahua, America/Costa_Rica, America/Edmonton, America/El_Salvador, America/Guatemala, America/Inuvik, America/Merida, America/Mexico_City, America/Monterrey, America/Regina.
Places on America/Managua
- ManaguaNI
Convert Managua time
Using America/Managua in code
Every major platform reads the same IANA ID. Store instants in UTC and convert with the ID at display time; never store a fixed offset for a place that has daylight saving time.
// JavaScript
new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Managua' })
# Python 3.9+
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
from datetime import datetime
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('America/Managua'))
// Java
java.time.ZonedDateTime.now(java.time.ZoneId.of("America/Managua"))
// Go
loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("America/Managua")
time.Now().In(loc)
-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Managua';
# Shell
TZ='America/Managua' datePlatforms ship their own copy of tzdata and update it on their own schedule. After a rule change, outputs can differ until the platform updates; this page uses tzdata 2026f.