IANA tz database · zone identifier

Pacific/Kiritimati

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

UTC+14:00Abbreviation +14No DST — never observed
Time in Pacific/Kiritimati☀ Daylight
12:58:20
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+14:00
Abbreviation
+14
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+14:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+14

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇰🇮 Kiribati

ISO 3166: KI · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Pacific/Kiritimati 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 +14 or +14:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
31 years.

Pacific/Kiritimati has kept UTC+14:00 year-round since 1 January 1995 — 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

−10:29:20UTC+14:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1995 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1995

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 14h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierPacific/Kiritimati
ISO country codeKI🇰🇮 Kiribati
Reference coordinates1.87°N, 157.33°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+14:00abbreviation +14
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of Kiribati's 3 zones.

🇰🇮
Kiribati

135K people, 3 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →

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/Kiritimati?
Pacific/Kiritimati is UTC+14:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Pacific/Kiritimati observe daylight saving time?
No. Pacific/Kiritimati has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+14:00 continuously since 1 January 1995.
Which country uses Pacific/Kiritimati?
Kiribati. It is one of 3 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Pacific/Kiritimati the same as LIT?
Pacific/Kiritimati is one of the IANA zones that keeps Line Islands Time (LIT). Use Pacific/Kiritimati in software — LIT 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/Kiritimati
{
"iana": "Pacific/Kiritimati",
"utc_offset": "+14:00",
"abbreviation": "+14",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "KI"
}