IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Vancouver

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

UTC-07:00Abbreviation PDTNo daylight saving
Time in America/Vancouver☀ Daylight
16:00:37
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-07:00
Abbreviation
PDT
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-07:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

PDT

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/Vancouver 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 PDT or -07:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
0 years.

America/Vancouver has kept UTC-07:00 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

−08:12:28UTC-07:00 · 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 − 7h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Vancouver
ISO country codeCA🇨🇦 Canada
Reference coordinates49.27°N, 123.12°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-07:00abbreviation MST
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Canada's 23 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Vancouver or Mountain Standard Time.

🇨🇦
Canada

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

Country page →
🇨🇦 Vancouver
16:00
16:00:37 · PDT
pop. 662KMST
🇨🇦 Surrey
16:00
16:00:37 · PDT
pop. 568KMST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Mountain Standard Time

other identifiers keeping MST

Same offset · UTC-07:00

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/Vancouver?
America/Vancouver is UTC-07:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Vancouver observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Vancouver stays on UTC-07:00 all year, as it has since 8 March 2026.
Which country uses America/Vancouver?
Canada. It is one of 23 IANA zones covering the country.
Is America/Vancouver the same as MST?
America/Vancouver is one of the IANA zones that keeps Mountain Standard Time (MST). Use America/Vancouver in software — MST 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/Vancouver
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Vancouver",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "CA", "name": "Canada" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-07:00",
"abbreviation": "PDT",
…
},
…
}
}