IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Edmonton

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

UTC-06:00Abbreviation MDTNo daylight saving
Time in America/Edmonton☀ Daylight
08:08:27
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC-06:00
Abbreviation
MDT
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-06:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

MDT

used year-round

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇨🇦 Canada

ISO 3166: CA · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Edmonton 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 MDT or -06:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
0 years.

America/Edmonton has kept UTC-06:00 year-round since 8 March 2026 — 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

−07:33:52UTC-06:00 · UNCHANGED 8 March 2026 NOW

Keeping this offset since

8 March 2026

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 6h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026e

IdentifierAmerica/Edmonton
ISO country codeCA🇨🇦 Canada
Reference coordinates53.55°N, 113.47°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-06:00abbreviation CST
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026edata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Canada's 23 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Calgary or Central Standard Time.

🇨🇦
Canada

37M people, 23 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →
🇨🇦 Calgary
08:08
08:08:27 · MDT
pop. 1.3MCST
🇨🇦 Edmonton
08:08
08:08:27 · MDT
pop. 1MCST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Central Standard Time

other identifiers keeping CST

Same offset · UTC-06:00

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/Edmonton?
America/Edmonton is UTC-06:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Edmonton observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Edmonton stays on UTC-06:00 all year, as it has since 8 March 2026.
Which country uses America/Edmonton?
Canada. It is one of 23 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Edmonton the same as CST?
America/Edmonton is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Standard Time (CST). Use America/Edmonton 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/Edmonton
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Edmonton",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "CA", "name": "Canada" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-06:00",
"abbreviation": "MDT",
…
},
…
}
}