IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Bogota

The IANA tz database identifier for Colombia Standard Time in Colombia. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC-05:00Abbreviation -05No daylight saving
Time in America/Bogota☾ Night
18:00:52
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-05:00
Abbreviation
-05
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-05:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-05

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇨🇴 Colombia

ISO 3166: CO · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Bogota is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing -05 or -05:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'America/Bogota',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
33 years.

America/Bogota has kept UTC-05:00 year-round since 6 February 1993 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

−04:56:20UTC-05:00 · UNCHANGED 6 February 1993 NOW

Keeping this offset since

6 February 1993

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 5h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Bogota
ISO country codeCO🇨🇴 Colombia
Reference coordinates4.60°N, 74.08°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-05:00abbreviation -05
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Colombia, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Bogotá or Colombia Standard Time.

🇨🇴
Colombia

52M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Bogota.

Country page →
🇨🇴 Bogotá
18:00
18:00:52 · -05
pop. 8MCST
🇨🇴 Medellin
18:00
18:00:52 · -05
pop. 2.5MCST
🇨🇴 Cali
18:00
18:00:52 · -05
pop. 2.5MCST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC-05:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is America/Bogota?
America/Bogota is UTC-05:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Bogota observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Bogota stays on UTC-05:00 all year, as it has since 6 February 1993.
Which country uses America/Bogota?
Colombia. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Bogota the same as CST?
America/Bogota is one of the IANA zones that keeps Colombia Standard Time (CST). Use America/Bogota in software — CST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Bogota
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Bogota",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "CO", "name": "Colombia" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-05:00",
"abbreviation": "-05",
…
},
…
}
}