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The time zone Chile Standard Time (CLT) was used on the mainland with the offset UTC−04:00 and Easter Island Standard Time (EAST) was used on Easter Island with the offset UTC−06:00. On March 1, 1894, the first official time signal operates in Valparaiso at -4 hours, 46 minutes and 34 seconds with respect to GMT , as UTC did not exist.
While Guatemala observed five months of daylight saving time in 2006, according to the Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM), nationwide energy consumption was reduced by 36 million kilowatt-hours, equivalent to monetary savings of Q64 million. Guatemala intended to observe daylight saving time the following year, but the plan never came through.
Prensa Libre, the second-most widely circulated newspaper in Guatemala [3] Al Día; Noticias Guatemala [4] Diario de Centro América, the nation's newspaper of public record [5] La Hora [6] El Metropolitano, based in Mixco; published twice each month [7] Nuestro Diario, the most widely circulated newspaper in Central America [8] El Periódico [9]
Guatemala currently does not observe daylight saving time, and uses Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00) all year-round. Daylight saving time (Central Daylight Time (CDT), UTC−05:00) has been observed in a few previous years, the last occasion being in 2006. CDT was observed for the following periods: [1]
Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, and is spoken by 93% of the population. [1] Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins.
NTP Protocol (Network Time Protocol), through two Internet servers placed in San Fernando and a third one placed in Madrid (NTP Servers: hora.roa.es and minuto.roa.es, both available through ntp.roa.es). Timestamping. The ROA, as a TSA (Time Stamping Authority), provides a timestamping server for official certifications through a standard ...
The rest of the country remained in 90°W (6 hours behind GMT), named Hora del Centro (Central Time). [12] The North Territory of Baja California was returned to 120°W (8 hours behind GMT) in 1945, [13] changed again to 105°W in 1948, [14] and returned again to 120°W in 1949. [15]