Pacific and Oceania Daylight Saving Time
Most countries in Oceania and the Central Pacific Ocean Region do not use Daylight Saving Time. Parts of Australia, Chatham Islands, Fiji, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand and Samoa do use Daylight Saving Time. Read more.
For more information about the Oceania and the Central Pacific Ocean Region daylight saving time usage, time zones and current times view the individual countries listed below.
Daylight Saving Time Usage in the Pacific and Oceania Region
| COUNTRY | DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME USAGE |
| American Samoa | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Chatham Islands |
Chatham Islands does utilize daylight saving time. Chatham Island starts Daylight Saving Time on Sunday September 29, 2024 at 2:45 AM local standard time. Chatham Island ends Daylight Saving Time on
Sunday April 7, 2024 at 3:45 AM local daylight time. |
| Cook Islands | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Fiji |
Fiji has announced it will NOT START the observance of daylight saving time in 2023 as originally scheduled.. |
| French Polynesia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| French Polynesia - Mangareva (Gambier Islands) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| French Polynesia - Tahiti | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Guam | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Kiribati | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Kiribati - Tarawa (Gilbert Islands) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Kiribati - Enderbury (Phoenix Islands) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Kiribati - Kiritimati (Line Islands) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Kiritimati (Christmas Island) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Marshall Islands | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Micronesia (Federated) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Nauru | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| New Caledonia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| New Zealand |
New Zealand does utilize daylight saving time. New Zealand starts Daylight Saving Time on Sunday September 29, 2024 at 2:00 AM local standard time. New Zealand ends Daylight Saving Time on
Sunday April 7, 2024 at 3:00 AM local daylight time. |
| Lord Howe Island |
Lord Howe Island does utilize daylight saving time. Lord Howe Island starts Daylight Saving Time on Sunday October 6, 2024 at 2:00 AM local standard time. Clocks are turned ahead 30 minutes not 1 hour. Lord Howe Island ends Daylight Saving Time on Sunday April 7, 2024 at 2:00 at local daylight time. |
| Niue Island | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Norfolk Island |
Norfolk Island does utilize daylight saving time. Norfolk Island starts Daylight Saving Time on Sunday October 6, 2024 at 2:00 AM local standard time. Norfolk Island ends Daylight Saving Time on Sunday April 7, 2024 at 3:00 local daylight time. |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Palau | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Papua New Guinea | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Samoa |
Samoa has announced it will NOT START the observance of daylight saving time in 2021 as originally scheduled. Samoa had previously planned to start Daylight Saving Time on Sunday September 26, 2021 at 3:00 AM local standard time. Samoa had previously planned to end Daylight Saving Time on Sunday April 4, 2021 at 4:00 AM local daylight time. |
| Solomon Islands | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Tokelau | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Tonga |
Does not utilize daylight saving time
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| Tuvalu | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Vanuatu | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
| Wallis and Futuna | Does not utilize daylight saving time |