IANA tz database · zone identifier

Pacific/Guadalcanal

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

UTC+11:00Abbreviation +11No DST — never observed
Time in Pacific/Guadalcanal☀ Daylight
09:59:53
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+11:00
Abbreviation
+11
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+11:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+11

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands

ISO 3166: SB · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Pacific/Guadalcanal 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 +11 or +11:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
113 years.

Pacific/Guadalcanal has kept UTC+11:00 year-round since 1 October 1912 — 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

+10:40:48UTC+11:00 · UNCHANGED 1 October 1912 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 October 1912

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 11h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierPacific/Guadalcanal
ISO country codeSB🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
Reference coordinates9.53°S, 160.20°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+11:00abbreviation +11
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Solomon Islands, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Honiara or Solomon Islands Time.

🇸🇧
Solomon Islands

611K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Pacific/Guadalcanal.

Country page →
🇸🇧 Honiara
09:59
09:59:53 · +11
pop. 85KSIT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+11:00

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 Pacific/Guadalcanal?
Pacific/Guadalcanal is UTC+11:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Pacific/Guadalcanal observe daylight saving time?
No. Pacific/Guadalcanal has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+11:00 continuously since 1 October 1912.
Which country uses Pacific/Guadalcanal?
Solomon Islands. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Pacific/Guadalcanal the same as SIT?
Pacific/Guadalcanal is one of the IANA zones that keeps Solomon Islands Time (SIT). Use Pacific/Guadalcanal in software — SIT 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=Pacific/Guadalcanal
{
"iana": "Pacific/Guadalcanal",
"utc_offset": "+11:00",
"abbreviation": "+11",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "SB"
}