UTC−03:30 explained

UTC−03:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −03:30. It is used in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador as Newfoundland Time Zone.^[1]

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Principal city: St. John's

North America

• Canada – Newfoundland Time Zone
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Labrador
      • The area between L'Anse-au-Clair and Norman Bay
    • Newfoundland

Historical use

It was also used in Uruguay as standard time between 1924-04-01 and 1942-03-14, with DST being a half-hour offset with clocks set to UTC−03:00, and in Suriname between 1945-10-01 and 1984-10-01.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Offset Time Zones Are Not One of the Standard 24 Time Zones. Matt Rosenberg. Offset Time Zones. About.com. 13 July 2012. 5 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120705062635/http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/offsettimezones.htm. dead.
2. IANA time zone database, available via https://www.iana.org/time-zones