Time Zone History

Cuiabá time zone history

Daylight saving time was used in 35 years since 1970, last in 2019; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. On standard time, clocks in Cuiabá run 16 minutes behind local mean solar time.

UTC−4

Standard time is UTC−4 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Mato Grosso · tz database name America/Cuiaba

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Summer time in 35 of 57 years since 1970

UTC−4: today’s standard timeUTC−3:44:20: 16 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−3: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−4: today’s standard timeUTC−3:44:20: 16 minutes ahead oftoday’s standard timeUTC−3: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1914Local mean time (UTC−3:44:20) replacedUTC−4numeric only

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1931October 3not that year1 hour
1932October 3April 11 hour
1933not that yearApril 11 hour
1949December 1not that year1 hour
1950December 1April 161 hour
1951–19521 December, 00:001 April, 00:001 hour
1953not that yearMarch 11 hour
1963December 9not that year1 hour
1964not that yearMarch 11 hour
1965January 31, December 1April 11 hour
1966–19671 November, 00:001 March, 01:001 hour
1968not that yearMarch 11 hour
Since 1970
1985November 2not that year1 hour
1986October 25March 151 hour
1987October 25February 141 hour
1988October 16February 71 hour
1989October 15January 291 hour
1990October 21February 111 hour
1991October 20February 171 hour
1992October 25February 91 hour
1993October 17January 311 hour
1994–1995third Sunday in October, 00:00third Sunday in February, 00:001 hour
1996October 6February 111 hour
1997October 6February 161 hour
1998October 11March 11 hour
1999October 3February 211 hour
2000October 8February 271 hour
2001October 14February 181 hour
2002November 3February 171 hour
2003not that yearFebruary 161 hour
2004November 2not that year1 hour
2005October 16February 201 hour
2006November 5February 191 hour
2007October 14February 251 hour
2008–2011third Sunday in October, 00:00third Sunday in February, 00:001 hour
2012October 21February 261 hour
2013–2014third Sunday in October, 00:00third Sunday in February, 00:001 hour
2015October 18February 221 hour
2016–2017third Sunday in October, 00:00third Sunday in February, 00:001 hour
2018November 4February 181 hour
2019not that yearFebruary 171 hour

Also on UTC−4

Campo Grande (Brazil), Porto Velho (Brazil), Bolivia, Manaus (Brazil), Boa Vista (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Guyana, Venezuela, Barbados and Martinique (nearest first; 8 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Campo Grande (563 km): same time except 119 days in 2003 and 2004.
  • Paraguay (1,089 km): same time except 5,641 days in 1972–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Porto Velho (1,138 km): same time except 3,671 days in 1988–2019.
  • Araguaína (1,267 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 2,287 days in 1985–2019.
  • Bolivia (1,293 km): same time except 4,021 days in 1985–2019.

How it compares

Standard time has stayed at UTC−4 since 1914.

Clocks have been changed 66 times since 1970, the third-most of the 16 zones in Brazil.