IANA tz database · zone identifier

Pacific/Fakaofo

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

UTC+13:00Abbreviation +13No DST — never observed

Time in Pacific/Fakaofo☀ Daylight

11:58:03

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Offset

UTC+13:00

Abbreviation

+13

DST

No DST

Current offset

UTC+13:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+13

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇹🇰 Tokelau

ISO 3166: TK · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Pacific/Fakaofo 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 +13 or +13:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone

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

timeZone: 'Pacific/Fakaofo',

dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'

}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
14 years.

Pacific/Fakaofo has kept UTC+13:00 year-round since 31 December 2011 — 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

31 December 2011

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 13h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierPacific/Fakaofo

ISO country codeTK🇹🇰 Tokelau

Reference coordinates9.37°S, 171.23°Wtz database reference point

Standard offsetUTC+13:00abbreviation +13

Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Tokelau, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Fakaofo or Tokelau Time.

🇹🇰

Tokelau

1.5K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Pacific/Fakaofo.

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+13:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Pacific/ApiaSamoa · Apia Standard Time Pacific/TongatapuTonga · Tonga Standard Time Pacific/KantonKiribati · Phoenix Islands 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 Pacific/Fakaofo?: Pacific/Fakaofo is UTC+13:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Pacific/Fakaofo observe daylight saving time?: No. Pacific/Fakaofo has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+13:00 continuously since 31 December 2011.
Which country uses Pacific/Fakaofo?: Tokelau. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Pacific/Fakaofo the same as TOKELA?: Pacific/Fakaofo is one of the IANA zones that keeps Tokelau Time (TOKELA). Use Pacific/Fakaofo in software — TOKELA 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=Pacific/Fakaofo

{

"iana": "Pacific/Fakaofo",

"utc_offset": "+13:00",

"abbreviation": "+13",

"observes_dst": false,

"country": "TK"

}