IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Manila

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

UTC+08:00Abbreviation PSTNo DST — never observed
Time in Asia/Manila☀ Daylight
06:58:02
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+08:00
Abbreviation
PST
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+08:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

PST

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇵🇭 Philippines

ISO 3166: PH · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Manila 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 PST 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/Manila',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
35 years.

Asia/Manila has kept UTC+08:00 year-round since 28 July 1990 — 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

+08:03:52UTC+08:00 · UNCHANGED 28 July 1990 NOW

Keeping this offset since

28 July 1990

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/Manila
ISO country codePH🇵🇭 Philippines
Reference coordinates14.59°N, 120.97°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+08:00abbreviation PST
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Philippines, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Quezon City or Philippine Standard Time.

🇵🇭
Philippines

113M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Manila.

Country page →
🇵🇭 Quezon City
06:58
06:58:02 · PST
pop. 3.1MPST
🇵🇭 Manila
06:58
06:58:02 · PST
pop. 1.9MPST
🇵🇭 Davao
06:58
06:58:02 · PST
pop. 1.8MPST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+08:00

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/Manila?
Asia/Manila is UTC+08:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Manila observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Manila has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+08:00 continuously since 28 July 1990.
Which country uses Asia/Manila?
Philippines. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Manila the same as PST?
Asia/Manila is one of the IANA zones that keeps Philippine Standard Time (PST). Use Asia/Manila in software — PST 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/Manila
{
"iana": "Asia/Manila",
"utc_offset": "+08:00",
"abbreviation": "PST",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "PH"
}