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Winnipeg — America/Winnipeg

The current local time in the America/Winnipeg IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Canada. The zone is currently at UTC -05:00 · CDT and observes daylight saving time.

America/Winnipeg

10:39:10

Thursday, 22 October 2026 CDT

Zone information

IANA designation

America/Winnipeg

Region: America

Reference pages: CST

Offset & DST

Current UTC offset: -05:00

Daylight saving: Observed

January offset -06:00 · July offset -05:00

Countries using America/Winnipeg

Winnipeg vs. major cities

How far Winnipeg is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Winnipeg, 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 Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg

Since 1970, Winnipeg has gone through 2 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 56 of 57 years. Since 2026 it has stayed on UTC -05:00 all year.

DateChangeLocal clockNew offset
Sunday, 8 March 2026 Forward 1 hour 02:00 → 03:00 UTC -05:00

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

YearsOffsetDaylight saving
1970–2025UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November (since 2007)
2026UTC -05:00 all yearNo daylight saving time

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

Cities in this zone

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