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America/Chicago

time zone covering the Central Time Zone of the United States
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America/Chicago

Summary

America/Chicago is an IANA time zone[1].

Key Facts

  • America/Chicago is in the country of United States[2].
  • America/Chicago is on the continent of Americas[3].
  • America/Chicago's instance of is recorded as IANA time zone[4].
  • Chicago is named after America/Chicago[5].
  • United States is named after America/Chicago[6].
  • America/Chicago is part of Central Time Zone[7].
  • America/Chicago's UTC timezone offset is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '-6'}[8].
  • America/Chicago's UTC timezone offset is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '-5'}[9].

Body

Geography

America/Chicago is in the country of United States[2]. America/Chicago is on the continent of Americas[3]. America/Chicago is part of Central Time Zone[7].

Designation and Status

America/Chicago's instance of is recorded as IANA time zone[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Chicago[5], a city of Illinois[10], in United States[11] and United States[6], a sovereign state[12], in United States[13], founded in 1776[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_america-chicago_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{America/Chicago}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/america-chicago}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Peterwhy · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iana timezone id → America/Chicago
    Named after → Chicago, United States
    Continent → Americas
    Wikidata description → time zone covering the Central Time Zone of the United States
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mul */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36929|batch #36929]]: Add IANA TZ IDs to mul label"
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