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Chile implements DST and debates permanent time zones (8 clusters)
Chile to implement daylight saving time in September 2026
Chile is scheduled to transition to daylight saving time on the night of Saturday, September 5, 2026. At 23:59, clocks will be advanced by 60 minutes to 01:00 on Sunday, September 6, bringing much of the continental territory to the UTC-3 time zone.
The adjustment will not apply to the Aysén and Magallanes regions, nor to Chilean Antarctica, which maintain UTC-3 permanently. Rapa Nui and Isla Salas y Gómez will adjust their clocks according to their local time, moving forward one hour at 22:00 on September 5.