IANA tz database · zone identifier

Indian/Christmas

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

UTC+07:00Abbreviation +07No DST — never observed
Time in Indian/Christmas☾ Night
05:58:31
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+07:00
Abbreviation
+07
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+07:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+07

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇨🇽 Christmas Island

ISO 3166: CX · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Indian/Christmas 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 +07 or +07:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
131 years.

Indian/Christmas has kept UTC+07:00 year-round since 31 January 1895 — 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

+07:02:52UTC+07:00 · UNCHANGED 31 January 1895 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 January 1895

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 7h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierIndian/Christmas
ISO country codeCX🇨🇽 Christmas Island
Reference coordinates10.42°S, 105.72°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+07:00abbreviation +07
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Christmas Island, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Flying Fish Cove or Christmas Island Time.

🇨🇽
Christmas Island

1.7K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Indian/Christmas.

Country page →
🇨🇽 Flying Fish Cove
05:58
05:58:31 · +07
pop. 1.4KCIT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+07:00

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 Indian/Christmas?
Indian/Christmas is UTC+07:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Indian/Christmas observe daylight saving time?
No. Indian/Christmas has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+07:00 continuously since 31 January 1895.
Which country uses Indian/Christmas?
Christmas Island. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Indian/Christmas the same as CIT?
Indian/Christmas is one of the IANA zones that keeps Christmas Island Time (CIT). Use Indian/Christmas in software — CIT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Indian/Christmas
{
"iana": "Indian/Christmas",
"utc_offset": "+07:00",
"abbreviation": "+07",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "CX"
}