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Mountain Standard Time (MST) is UTC-7, Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is UTC-6

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn and winter, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn (UTC-6). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 105th degree meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.

In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Mountain Time (MT). Specifically, it is Mountain Standard Time (MST) when observing standard time (Winter), and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time. In Mexico this time is known as the Pacific Zone. In the USA, the exact specification for the location of time zones and the dividing line between zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 71.[1]

The zone is one hour ahead of the Pacific Time Zone and one hour behind the Central Time Zone.

In some areas, starting in 2007, the local time changes from MST to MDT at 02:00 LST to 03:00 LDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the first Sunday in November.

TV broadcasting in the Mountain Time Zone is typically tape-delayed one hour, so that shows match the broadcast times of the Central Time Zone (i.e. prime time begins at 7:00 p.m. MT following the same order of programming as the other two time zones).

Canada

The following provinces and areas are part of the Mountain Time Zone:

Mexico

The following states are part of the Mountain Time Zone:

United States

The following states or areas are part of the Mountain Time Zone:

Arizona does not observe daylight saving time. However, the Navajo Nation, the bulk of whose area is within Arizona, observes daylight saving time throughout its territory. The Hopi Reservation, an enclave inside the Navajo Nation, does not observe daylight saving time.

Zoneinfo

See also: List of zoneinfo time zones
US 	+394421−1045903 America/Denver   ?
US 	+433649−1161209 America/Boise    south Idaho & east Oregon
US 	+364708−1084111 America/Shiprock Navajo
US 	+332654−1120424 America/Phoenix  Arizona

Major metropolitan areas

References

  1. ^ The specification for the Mountain Time Zone is set forth at 49 CFR 71.8, and is listed in Text and pdf formats.
    The boundary between Central and Mountain is set forth at 49 CFR 71.7, and is listed in text and pdf formats. The boundary between Mountain and Pacific is set forth at 49 CFR 71.9, and is listed in text and pdf formats.

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