Current time in the America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos time zone

America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos is an IANA time zone used in Argentina. It stays on UTC−3 all year.

America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos at a glance

UTC offset now	UTC−3
Standard time	UTC−3
Used in	Argentina

Rules of the America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos time zone

No clock changes are scheduled in America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos. The last one for daylight saving time was in 2008; since then the offset has been UTC−3 all year.

Recent and upcoming changes in America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos

Date	Change	New offset
Monday, May 31, 2004	Clocks go back 1 hour: 12:00 AM becomes 11:00 PM	UTC−4
Sunday, June 20, 2004	Standard offset changes from UTC−4 to UTC−3	UTC−3
Sunday, December 30, 2007	Clocks go forward 1 hour: 12:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM	UTC−2
Saturday, March 15, 2008	Clocks go back 1 hour for good: 12:00 AM becomes 11:00 PM	UTC−3

The base offset of this zone changed in 2004, from UTC−4 to UTC−3. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Where America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos is used

America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos is used in Argentina. None of the cities in our list follow it.

America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

City	Time now	Difference now	In January	In July
New York (United States)	--:--	2 h behind	2 h behind	1 h behind
Los Angeles (United States)	--:--	5 h behind	5 h behind	4 h behind
London (United Kingdom)	--:--	3 h ahead	3 h ahead	4 h ahead
Paris (France)	--:--	4 h ahead	4 h ahead	5 h ahead
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	--:--	7 h ahead	7 h ahead	7 h ahead
Mumbai (India)	--:--	8 h 30 min ahead	8 h 30 min ahead	8 h 30 min ahead
Singapore	--:--	11 h ahead	11 h ahead	11 h ahead
Tokyo (Japan)	--:--	12 h ahead	12 h ahead	12 h ahead
Sydney (Australia)	--:--	14 h ahead	14 h ahead	13 h ahead
UTC	--:--	3 h ahead	3 h ahead	3 h ahead

Other zones on UTC−3 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

Using America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC−3 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos date

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Frequently asked questions

What is the UTC offset of America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos?

UTC−3, all year.

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.