Time Zone History

Suriname time zone history

Since 1970 it has also used UTC−3:30, an offset that is not a whole number of hours. On standard time, clocks in Paramaribo run 41 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC−3

Standard time is UTC−3 all year under the current rules.

tz database name America/Paramaribo

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Once a new standard time since 1970

UTC−3:40:52, UTC−3:40:40, UTC−3:40:36, UTC−3:30: behind today’s standard timeUTC−3: today’s standard timeUTC−3:40:52, UTC−3:40:40,UTC−3:40:36, UTC−3:30: behindtoday’s standard timeUTC−3: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1911Local mean time (UTC−3:40:40) replacedUTC−3:40:52PMT
January 1, 1935Standard time forward 16 secondsUTC−3:40:36PMT
October 1, 1945Standard time forward 11 minutesUTC−3:30numeric only
Since 1970
October 1, 1984Standard time forward 30 minutesUTC−3numeric only

Also on UTC−3

French Guiana, Santarém (Brazil), Belém (Brazil), Araguaína (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil), Recife (Brazil), Maceió (Brazil), Bahia (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil) and Paraguay (nearest first; 19 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • French Guiana (329 km): same time except 5,387 days in 1970–1984.
  • Guyana (349 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 8,123 days in 1970–1992.
  • Boa Vista (Brazil) (696 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 5,891 days in 1970–1988, 1999 and 2000.
  • Santarém (Brazil) (920 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 12,502 days in 1970–1988 and 2008–2026; same time today.
  • Barbados (944 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 5,387 days in 1970–1984.