America/Costa_Rica

The current time and date right now in the America/Costa_Rica time zone.

UTC-06:00

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Timezone Profile

Daylight Saving TimeNot available
IANA TimezoneAmerica/Costa_Rica
Offset-06:00

The primary country that uses the time zone America/Costa_Rica is 🇨🇷 Costa Rica.

UTC

Daylight Saving Time
DST is not observed

Date and Time Format Standards

The table provides a side-by-side comparison of different date and time format standards. Each row represents a unique format standard such as ATOM, COOKIE, ISO, and RFC, among others.
Format
Date and Time
ATOM2025-03-24T10:55:49.377-06:00
COOKIEMon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:49 -0600
HTTPMon, 24 Mar 2025 16:55:49 GMT
ISO2025-03-24T10:55:49.377-06:00
ISO 86012025-03-24T10:55:49.377-06:00
MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss03-24-2025 10:55:49
MongoDB2025-03-24T16:55:49.377Z
MySQL DATETIME2025-03-24 10:55:49
RFC 1036Mon, 24 Mar 25 10:55:49 -0600
RFC 1123Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:49 -0600
RFC 2822Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:49 -0600
RFC 33392025-03-24T10:55:49-0600
RFC 7231Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:49 CST
RFC 822Mon, 24 Mar 25 10:55:49 -0600
RFC 850Monday, 24-Mar-25 10:55:49 CST
RSSMon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:49 -0600
SQL2025-03-24 10:55:49.377 -06:00
SQL Time10:55:49.377 -06:00
UTC2025-03-24T16:55:49.377Z
Unix Epoch1742835349
W3C2025-03-24T10:55:49-06:00
dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss24-03-2025 10:55:49
yyyy-dd-MM HH:mm:ss2025-24-03 10:55:49
yyyy-dd-MM hh:mm:ss a2025-24-03 10:55:49 AM

Related Time Zones

A table with a list of time zones that have the same time offset. Including name and time zone abbreviations.

There are 29 time zones in the table.
IANA Timezone
Offset Name
Abbr
America/Bahia_BanderasCentral Standard TimeCST
America/BelizeCentral Standard TimeCST
America/BoiseMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/Cambridge_BayMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/ChihuahuaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/Ciudad_JuarezMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/Costa_RicaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/DenverMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/EdmontonMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/El_SalvadorCentral Standard TimeCST
America/GuatemalaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/InuvikMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/ManaguaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/MeridaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/Mexico_CityCentral Standard TimeCST
America/MonterreyCentral Standard TimeCST
America/ReginaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/ShiprockMountain Daylight TimeMDT
America/Swift_CurrentCentral Standard TimeCST
America/TegucigalpaCentral Standard TimeCST
America/YellowknifeMountain Daylight TimeMDT
Canada/MountainMountain Daylight TimeMDT
Canada/SaskatchewanCentral Standard TimeCST
Etc/GMT+6GMT-06:00GMT-6
MST7MDTMountain Daylight TimeMDT
Mexico/GeneralCentral Standard TimeCST
NavajoMountain Daylight TimeMDT
Pacific/GalapagosGalapagos TimeGMT-6
US/MountainMountain Daylight TimeMDT

For Developers

php


<?php

// Solution 1
// Set the default time zone
date_default_timezone_set('America/Costa_Rica');

// Solution 2
// Use this to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('America/Costa_Rica');
// Create a new DateTime object
$date = new DateTime('now', $timezone);
// Print the current date and time
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // 2023-01-01 00:00:00

python


# Solution 1
# Set the default time zone
from datetime import datetime
# Import the pytz module
import pytz
  
# Create a timezone object
tz = pytz.timezone("America/Costa_Rica")
# Get the current time
time_now = datetime.now(tz)
# Format the current time
current_time = time_now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
  
# Print the current time
print("The current time:", current_time) # The current time: 00:00:00

javascript


/* 
* Solution 1
* Set the default time zone
*/
const date = new Date();
/* 
* Use the toLocaleString() method to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
*/
const currentTime = date.toLocaleString("en-us", {timeZone: "America/Costa_Rica"});
/* 
* Print the current date and time
*/
console.log(currentTime); // 1/1/2023, 12:00:00 AM