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Time in Chile

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roughly between October and March every year. In January 2015, the Chilean government announced that the entire country would keep the time offset used during daylight saving time permanently. However, the annual time change was reinstated in 2016 after feedback from the public about an increase in
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returned to UTC−04:00 for winter time for 3 months. Between 2016 and 2018, this began on the second Sunday of May and ended on the second Sunday of August; from 2019 onward, it will start on the first Sunday of April and end on the first Sunday of September. Since 2017, a new time zone in the
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On February 15, 2013, DST was extended to the last Sunday of April and started DST on the 2nd Sunday of September. These dates would be nearly the exact dates of North America's DST, reversed to the southern hemisphere, but the DST end date is 1 week
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Summer time 2025: From the first Saturday of September 2025 to the first Saturday of April 2026. The official time is advanced 60 minutes. The official time moves forward 60 minutes during this period and goes back in April.
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Summer time 2024: From the first Saturday of September 2024 to the first Saturday of April 2025. The official time is advanced 60 minutes. The official time moves forward 60 minutes during this period and goes back in April.
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Summer time 2023: From the first Saturday of September 2023 to the first Saturday of April 2024. The official time is advanced 60 minutes. The official time moves forward 60 minutes during this period and goes back in April.
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on a Saturday, i.e. at 0:00 on the following Sunday. In Easter Island, time was changed at 22:00 on a Saturday. In 2015, the time offset used in this time zone eventually became the only time zone in Chile.
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truancy during the winter months, complaints about older computers and other electronic devices not using the right time zone, and fruit growers reporting a 15% loss in productivity.
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In 2022, the start of Daylight Saving was delayed by 1 week, from 4 to 11 September. The delay was made because the original day coincided with the
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In 2011, the government decided to end daylight saving on the first Saturday of April. Later this was postponed to the first Saturday of May.
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In 1990, daylight saving time began at the end of 15 September, in order to save electricity due to unfavorable hydrological conditions
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Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region has been implemented, giving two different times in Continental Chile for the first time.
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In 2017, the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region began to have its own time zone, using summer time (UTC−3) the whole year.
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In 1997, standard time began at the end of 29 March, in order to cope with unfavorable hydrological conditions
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In 1999, daylight saving time was extended to the first Saturday of April, due to a severe drought
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The winter time starts the first Saturday of April and ends on the first Saturday of September.
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On July 1, 1919, time was set as 4 hours 42 minutes 46.3 seconds behind Greenwich.
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It has 2 hours of difference from the Continental time and changes the same days.
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In 1988, daylight saving time began a week early, to have more light for the
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Several exceptions have been decreed to the current rule that began in 1968:
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In 2008, daylight saving time was extended 3 weeks, due to a severe drought
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was used in Chile from 1968 to 2014 & 2016–present. The time zone
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In 1990, daylight saving time was extended to 17 March, because
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was extended until Saturday 11 April to accommodate a visit by
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On January 10, 1910, Chile adopted GMT-5 as its official time.
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Gobierno pospone cambio de hora hasta el primer sábado de mayo
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On March 1, 1894, the first official time signal operates in
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was used in Chile until 2014 (returned 2016). The time zone
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Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile
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In 2015, the summer time was implemented the whole year.
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at -4 hours, 46 minutes and 34 seconds with respect to
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In mainland Chile, time was changed at 257:was used on the mainland with the offset 202:was used on the mainland with the offset 166:The official time on the mainland is now 53:The three time zones of Chile since 2017. 825: 312:Chilean national plebiscite of 5 October 172:Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region 81:Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region 37:Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region 17: 696: 694: 692: 671:"History of the Official Time of Chile" 588:"Chile to switch back to Standard Time" 1204: 574:"Chile abolishes Daylight Saving Time" 799: 709: 371:Zones for Chile as given in the file 185: 689: 536:"EAST – Easter Island Standard Time" 161: 544:"EASST – Easter Island Summer Time" 251:daylight saving time (DST) in Chile 13: 760:Chile extends DST to April 27,2013 505: 278:Presidential decree of August 2022 208:Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) 14: 1228: 783: 718:, Hora Oficial de Chile, page 6, 703:, Hora Oficial de Chile, page 5, 436:Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica 263:Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) 155:Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica 1021: 988:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 773:"Chile Delays DST Start in 2022" 765: 753: 736: 724: 630: 616: 602: 580: 566: 552: 87:the whole year. 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Index


Continental Chile
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region
Easter Island
Salas y Gómez
time zones
Continental Chile
time offset
UTC−04:00
UTC−03:00
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region
UTC−03:00
Easter Island
UTC−06:00
UTC−05:00
UTC−04:00
UTC−06:00
daylight saving time
Chile
Continental Chile
Easter Island
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica
UTC−03:00
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region
UTC−03:00
UTC−05:00
UTC−04:00
UTC−06:00
Valparaiso
GMT

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