IANA Name: Japan
Standard Offset: UTC +09:00
Daylight Saving: No
Currently Observing DST: No ❌
FAQ — Japan
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The current local time in Japan is 02:15:49. Japan is currently UTC+09:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Japan is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
No — Japan does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Its offset stays at JST UTC+09:00 year-round.
Japan is used (in whole or in part) by Japan. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Japan and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.