About Argentina Time
- Standard offset
- UTC−3
- Abbreviation
- ART
- Observes DST
- No
Used in: Argentina.
Argentina runs about an hour ahead of where the sun would put it: most of the country lies in the −4 longitude band but keeps −3, the residue of decades of on-again, off-again daylight-saving experiments.
Daylight saving time
Argentina Time does not observe daylight saving time — it stays at UTC−3 all year.
See the daylight saving time page for transition dates across every time zone.
Daylight today
Sun times at the representative location for Argentina Time.
- Sunrise
- 7:55 AM
- Sunset
- 5:51 PM
- Day length
- 9h 56m
Major cities in Argentina Time
The current local time in these cities matches Argentina Time.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Argentina Time (ART)?
- Argentina Time (ART) is UTC−3 year-round — no daylight saving — keeping Buenos Aires on a fixed offset all year.
- What is ART in UTC?
- ART is UTC−3, the same all year.
- Does Argentina Time observe daylight saving time?
- No. Argentina Time stays at UTC−3 year-round.