IANA time zone · Central Time

America/Rankin_Inlet

11:17:08 AM

Monday, November 2, 2026

UTC offset: UTC-6
Now: Central Standard Time (CST)
Country: Canada
Area (zone.tab): Central - NU (central)

Clock changes in 2026 and 2027

March 8, 2026, 2:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-5, CDT)
November 1, 2026, 2:00 AM → 1:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC-6, CST)
March 14, 2027, 2:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-5, CDT)
November 7, 2027, 2:00 AM → 1:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC-6, CST)

The identifier America/Rankin_Inlet comes from the IANA time zone database (tz database) used by operating systems, browsers and programming languages. A zone in this database is an area where clocks have agreed since 1970 – which is why one country can have several zones with the same offset.