IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Punta_Arenas

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

UTC-03:00Abbreviation -03No daylight saving
Time in America/Punta_Arenas☾ Night
19:59:58
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-03:00
Abbreviation
-03
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-03:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-03

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇨🇱 Chile

ISO 3166: CL · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Punta_Arenas 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 -03 or -03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
9 years.

America/Punta_Arenas has kept UTC-03:00 year-round since 4 December 2016 — 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

−04:43:40UTC-03:00 · UNCHANGED 4 December 2016 NOW

Keeping this offset since

4 December 2016

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 3h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Punta_Arenas
ISO country codeCL🇨🇱 Chile
Reference coordinates53.15°S, 70.92°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-03:00abbreviation -03
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Chile's 4 zones.

🇨🇱
Chile

19M people, 4 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC-03:00

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/Punta_Arenas?
America/Punta_Arenas is UTC-03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Punta_Arenas observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Punta_Arenas stays on UTC-03:00 all year, as it has since 4 December 2016.
Which country uses America/Punta_Arenas?
Chile. It is one of 4 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Punta_Arenas the same as PAT?
America/Punta_Arenas is one of the IANA zones that keeps Punta Arenas Time (PAT). Use America/Punta_Arenas in software — PAT 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/Punta_Arenas
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Punta_Arenas",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "CL", "name": "Chile" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-03:00",
"abbreviation": "-03",
…
},
…
}
}