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Time in Colombia
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<p><a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a> has one <a href="/facts/Time_zone/x5JzdlX8">time zone</a>, Colombia Time (COT), which is located in the <a href="/facts/UTC%25E2%2588%259205%3a00/JcPY8rp7">UTC−05:00</a> zone, 5 hours behind <a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC). Its standard time zone abbreviation is COT. </p><p>Colombia does not observe <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving time</a>, but <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time_in_Colombia/hEqmS0dr">used it for eleven months</a> between May 1992 and April 1993. </p><p>The official national time is kept by the National Metrology Institute (INM Colombia) since 2011. </p>