Ojinaga — America/Ojinaga
The current local time in the America/Ojinaga IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Mexico in the area around Ojinaga. The zone is currently at UTC -05:00 · CDT and observes daylight saving time.
America/Ojinaga
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CDT
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -05:00
Daylight saving: Observed
January offset -06:00 · July offset -05:00
Countries using America/Ojinaga
Ojinaga vs. major cities
How far Ojinaga is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Ojinaga, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Ojinaga | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Paris · France | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +10:30 h | 19:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Ojinaga time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Ojinaga
Since 1970, Ojinaga has gone through 6 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 29 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2023, is UTC -06:00 with UTC -05:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -05:00 |
| Sunday, 1 November 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -06:00 |
| Sunday, 14 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC -05:00 |
| Sunday, 7 November 2027 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC -06:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1995 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1996–1997 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1998 | UTC -07:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1999–2021 | UTC -07:00, DST UTC -06:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November (since 2010) |
| 2022 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2023–2026 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Ojinaga
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Ojinaga on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.
America/Chicago Indiana/Knox America/Indiana/Knox Indiana/Tell City America/Indiana/Tell_City Matamoros America/Matamoros Menominee America/Menominee North Dakota/Beulah America/North_Dakota/Beulah North Dakota/Center America/North_Dakota/Center North Dakota/New Salem America/North_Dakota/New_Salem Rankin Inlet America/Rankin_Inlet Resolute America/Resolute More references for America/Ojinaga
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