Continental Chile has a time based on the UTC-04:00 and it falls in the same timeline as the Eastern Time DST in the United States.
However, during summer time the time varies, skipping ahead an hour and ending up in the same hour than New York.
Insular Chile, on the other hand, which means Easter Island is set in the UTC-06:00 in winter and UTC-05:00 in summer.
Holidays
Holidays in Chile are considered as days off work, although some dates do not fall on the day they are known for, but they've moved during the week to a Monday so people can enjoy a long weekend and get out of the city if necessary.
Holidays in Chile are:
"Katherine Maggio was very helpful and responded quickly, thanks"
March/2011
John Gore
"The whole tripe was excelent, some guide were better than others, but in general very pleasant..."
October/2011
Claire Roussel
"The trip was very enjoyable. The Flamingoes was one of our highlights. Victor the tour guide on 2 of the days was excellent. Kimal hotel was excellent- good service and good accommodation."
March/2011
Kenneth Deans
"I would just like to thank Paulina Mardones from visitchile.com who was more than helpful and organised everything very well and responded to e-mails in very good time. thank you"
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