IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Jayapura

The IANA tz database identifier for Eastern Indonesia Time in Indonesia. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+09:00Abbreviation WITNo DST — never observed
Time in Asia/Jayapura☀ Daylight
08:00:03
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+09:00
Abbreviation
WIT
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+09:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

WIT

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇮🇩 Indonesia

ISO 3166: ID · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Jayapura is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing WIT or +09:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Asia/Jayapura',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
62 years.

Asia/Jayapura has kept UTC+09:00 year-round since 31 December 1963 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+09:22:48UTC+09:00 · UNCHANGED 31 December 1963 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 December 1963

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 9h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Jayapura
ISO country codeID🇮🇩 Indonesia
Reference coordinates2.53°S, 140.70°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+09:00abbreviation WIT
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Indonesia's 4 zones.

🇮🇩
Indonesia

275M people, 4 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+09:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Asia/Jayapura?
Asia/Jayapura is UTC+09:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Jayapura observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Jayapura has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+09:00 continuously since 31 December 1963.
Which country uses Asia/Jayapura?
Indonesia. It is one of 4 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Jayapura the same as WIT?
Asia/Jayapura is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern Indonesia Time (WIT). Use Asia/Jayapura in software — WIT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Asia/Jayapura
{
"iana": "Asia/Jayapura",
"utc_offset": "+09:00",
"abbreviation": "WIT",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "ID"
}