IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Makassar

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

UTC+08:00Abbreviation WITANo DST — never observed

Time in Asia/Makassar☀ Daylight

06:58:32

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Offset

UTC+08:00

Abbreviation

WITA

DST

No DST

Current offset

UTC+08:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

WITA

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/Makassar 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 WITA or +08:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone

new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {

timeZone: 'Asia/Makassar',

dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'

}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
80 years.

Asia/Makassar has kept UTC+08:00 year-round since 22 September 1945 — 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

Keeping this offset since

22 September 1945

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 8h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Makassar

ISO country codeID🇮🇩 Indonesia

Reference coordinates5.12°S, 119.40°Etz database reference point

Standard offsetUTC+08:00abbreviation WITA

Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Indonesia's 4 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Makassar or Central Indonesia Time.

🇮🇩

Indonesia

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

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+08:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Asia/BruneiBrunei · Brunei Darussalam Time Asia/Hong_KongHong Kong · Hong Kong Standard Time Asia/IrkutskRussia · Irkutsk Standard Time Asia/Kuala_LumpurMalaysia · Malaysia Time Asia/KuchingMalaysia · Malaysia Time Asia/MacauMacau · China Standard Time

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/Makassar?: Asia/Makassar is UTC+08:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Makassar observe daylight saving time?: No. Asia/Makassar has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+08:00 continuously since 22 September 1945.
Which country uses Asia/Makassar?: Indonesia. It is one of 4 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Makassar the same as WITA?: Asia/Makassar is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Indonesia Time (WITA). Use Asia/Makassar in software — WITA 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/Makassar

{

"iana": "Asia/Makassar",

"utc_offset": "+08:00",

"abbreviation": "WITA",

"observes_dst": false,

"country": "ID"

}