What timezone is Regina in?

Regina uses the IANA timezone America/Regina. The UTC offset is always UTC-6 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Regina observe daylight saving time?

No. Regina does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-6 all year round.

What is the time difference between Regina and New York?

Regina is currently 2 hours behind New York.

What is the time difference between Regina and London?

Regina is currently 7 hours behind London.

Regina, Canada · UTC-6

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Regina runs on Central Standard Time, UTC-6, every day of the year. No spring forward, no fall back. Saskatchewan held a referendum in 1959 and chose permanent standard time, and the province has maintained it since. Regina, as the provincial capital, embodies this choice.

Canada has complex timezone arrangements, but Saskatchewan’s America/Regina is one of the cleaner entries in the IANA database: a fixed offset with no DST transitions in recent history. This makes it unusually simple to calculate from a programming perspective.

The practical consequence shifts by season. In winter, Regina is on the same clock as Chicago. In summer, when the US Central Time zone advances to CDT (UTC-5), Regina stays on CST (UTC-6). This means summer Reginans are an hour behind Winnipeg and an hour ahead of the Mountain Time zones.

prairie extremes and seasonal daylight

Regina sits at 50 degrees north on the flat prairie, which means extremes. January temperatures can reach -40 degrees Celsius. July days can hit 40 degrees. The daylight shifts dramatically: June brings nearly 17 hours of sunlight. December delivers under 8. Saskatchewan humor acknowledges this: the flat land means you can watch your dog run away for three days.

9am in Regina is 3pm in London in winter, same as Prince Albert.

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Questions about time in Regina

What timezone is Regina in?: Regina uses the IANA timezone America/Regina. The UTC offset is always UTC-6 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Regina observe daylight saving time?: No. Regina does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-6 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Regina?: Regina is currently at UTC-6.
What is the time difference between Regina and New York?: Regina is currently 2 hours behind New York.
What is the time difference between Regina and London?: Regina is currently 7 hours behind London.
What is the time difference between Regina and Los Angeles?: Regina is currently 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Regina and Tokyo?: Regina is currently 15 hours behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Regina?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Regina is America/Regina. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Regina' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Regina')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

Regina, Canada · UTC-6 ☆