UTC−03:00

UTC−03:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted: Blue (January), orange (July), yellow (year-round) and light blue (sea areas)
UTC offset
UTC	UTC−03:00
Current time
23:24, 1 January 2025 UTC−03:00 [refresh]
Central meridian
45 degrees W
Date-time group
P

Time in Brazil, since 25 April 2019.

Time in Brazil

	ACT	Acre Time	UTC−5	(BRT–2)
	AMT	Amazon Time	UTC−4	(BRT−1)
	BRT	Brasília Time	UTC−3	(BRT)
	FNT	Fernando de Noronha Time	UTC−2	(BRT+1)

UTC−03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −03:00.

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Europe

Atlantic Ocean

• France
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer)

Principal cities: Halifax, Saint John, Fredericton, Hamilton

North America

• Canada – Atlantic Time Zone
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Labrador
      • Except the area between L'Anse-au-Clair and Norman's Bay^[1]
  • Nova Scotia
  • Prince Edward Island
• Denmark
  • Greenland^[2]
    • Pituffik (Thule)
• United Kingdom
  • Bermuda

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Cayenne, São Paulo, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Paramaribo, Saint-Pierre, Stanley, Asunción

South America

• Argentina
• Brazil
  • Except the western states of Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima; and offshore islands
• Chile
  • Magallanes/Antarctic^[3][4]
• France
  • French Guiana
• Paraguay^[5]
• Suriname
• Uruguay

Antarctica

Southern Ocean

• Some bases on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. See also Time in Antarctica
• Argentina
  • Argentine Antarctica
  • Carlini Base
  • San Martin Base
• United Kingdom
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • Rothera Research Station
• United States
  • Palmer Station

As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer)

Principal cities: Santiago

South America

• Chile (except Easter Island and Magallanes/Antarctic)

Antarctica

• Some bases on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. See also Time in Antarctica

Places using UTC−03:00, outside the 45°W ± 7.5° range

• El Chaltén, Argentina (72°53′W corresponding to UTC−04:51)
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (58°22′W corresponding to UTC−03:53:48)
• Puerto Argentino, Islas Malvinas (57°51'W corresponding to UTC−03:51:24)
• Asunción, Paraguay (57°38'W corresponding to UTC-03:50:32)
• Uruguaiana, Brazil (57°05'W corresponding to UTC–03:48:20)
• Montevideo, Uruguay (56°23’W corresponding to UTC−03:44:51)
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon (56°12′W corresponding to UTC−03:44:40)
• Paramaribo, Suriname (55°10′W corresponding to UTC−03:40:40)
• Recife, Brazil (34°54′W corresponding to UTC−02:19:36)

Other uses

While Ethiopia and Eritrea both officially use UTC+03:00, Ethiopian and Eritrean cultures follow a time system with two 12-hour cycles for day and night, and is 6 hours "slower" than the official time. The day begins with the day cycle at sunrise (6:00 a.m., but designated as 12 o'clock by local rendition) till sunset, followed by the night cycle (official 6:00 p.m., unofficial 12:00 night cycle). Therefore, the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea effectively follow UTC−03:00 instead of UTC+03:00.^[6]

See also

• Time in Argentina
• Time in Brazil
• Time in Canada
• Time in Chile
• Time in Denmark
• Time in Paraguay
• Time in Uruguay

References

1. "Newfoundland-Labrador Time Zone – Newfoundland-Labrador Current Local Time – Daylight Saving Time". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
2. "How far is it from Qaanaaq to locations worldwide". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
3. "South America Time Zone Map". TimeTemperature. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
4. "Official Time". Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
5. "Paraguay Congress Approves Permanent DST". timeanddate.com. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
6. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time, pri.org.

External links

• Media related to UTC−03:00 at Wikimedia Commons