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6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 23, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Oct 23, 2026

MDT and San José have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MDT and San Jose, Costa Rica have the same time. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MST is 1 hour behind San Jose, Costa Rica.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MDT correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in San Jose, Costa Rica. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in San Jose, Costa Rica.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MDT correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Compare MDT time with San Jose time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Mountain Daylight Time and CST (Central Standard Time) have the same local time.
6:00 am06:00 in MDT is 6:00 am06:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica

MDT to San José call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in MDT which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in San José

6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (San Jose, Costa Rica). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 MDT / 6:00 am06:00 San Jose, Costa Rica

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Mountain Daylight Time

Offset: MDT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MDT time zone is Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, with about 1.512 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Denver, El Paso, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs.

French: HAR - Heure Avancée des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

Map of the areas on Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
MDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on MDT.

Daylight Saving: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Mountain Standard Time (MST).

123456789101112Start: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for MDT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • MST7MDT
  • Navajo
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

San José Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (no daylight saving time)

San José Facts

Country
Costa Rica
Alternative Names
SJO, San Chose, San Chosė, San Hose, San Jose, San Jose de Costa Rica, San Jose i Costa Rica, San José, San José de Costa Rica, San José i Costa Rica, San Joze, San Jozé, San Jusiy, San Khose, San Khoze, San Xose, San Xosé, San-Joseo, San-Khaseh, San-Khose, San-Xose, Sanhose, Sanhosē, Urbs Sancti Iosephi in Costarica, can hoce, san jwz, san khwsyh, san khwzh, san khwzے kwsٹaryka, san-khose, sana hoje, sana hose, sana hoze, sanhose, sheng he xi, sn hwsh, syana hose, Σαν Χοσέ, Сан Хозе, Сан Хосе, Сан-Хасэ, Сан-Хосе, Սան Խոսե, סאן חוסה, סן חוסה, سان جوز, سان خوزه, سان خوزے، کوسٹاریکا, سان خوسيه, سان خوسې, सान होज़े, सान होजे, স্যান হোসে, ਸਾਨ ਹੋਸੇ, சான் ஹொசே, ซันโฮเซ, སན་ཇོ་སེ།, სან-ხოსე, ሳን ሆዜ, サンホセ, 聖荷西, 산호세
Population
335,007
Currency
Colon (CRC)
Geographic Coordinates
9° 55' N Latitude / 84° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+506