IANA Name: Pacific/Tarawa
Standard Offset: UTC +12:00
Daylight Saving: No
Currently Observing DST: No ❌
FAQ — Pacific/Tarawa
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The current local time in Pacific/Tarawa is 13:56:04. Pacific/Tarawa is currently UTC+12:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Pacific/Tarawa 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 — Pacific/Tarawa does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Its offset stays at +12 UTC+12:00 year-round.
Major cities in Pacific/Tarawa include Betio Village, South Tarawa, Tarawa. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
Pacific/Tarawa is used (in whole or in part) by Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Pacific/Tarawa and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.