title: Time in Uruguay
text: # Time in Uruguay
  
  Uruguay is located at a longitude appropriate for a UTC−04:00 time zone offset, but it actually uses a UTC−03:00 offset. Uruguay used to observe daylight saving time (UTC−02:00) from October until March. On 30 June 2015, the Uruguayan government decided to abolish DST, establishing the UTC−03:00 time zone all year round. The term "UYT" is used in and out of the country to convey specific Uruguay time.
  
  ## IANA time zone database
  
  In the file zone.tab of the IANA time zone database Uruguay has the following zone:
  
  * America/Montevideo, covering all its territory
  