IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Makassar

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

UTC+08:00Abbreviation WITANo daylight saving
Time in Asia/Makassar☀ Daylight
07:00:53
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+08:00
Abbreviation
WITA
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+08:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

WITA

used year-round

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇮🇩 Indonesia

ISO 3166: ID · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
81 years.

Asia/Makassar has kept UTC+08:00 year-round since 22 September 1945 — 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

+07:57:36UTC+08:00 · UNCHANGED 22 September 1945 NOW

Keeping this offset since

22 September 1945

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 · release 2026d

IdentifierAsia/Makassar
ISO country codeID🇮🇩 Indonesia
Reference coordinates5.12°S, 119.40°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+08:00abbreviation WITA
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

One of Indonesia's 4 zones.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Makassar or Central Indonesia Time.

🇮🇩
Indonesia

275M people, 4 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Country page →
🇮🇩 Makassar
07:00
07:00:53 · WITA
pop. 1.3MWITA
🇮🇩 Samarinda
07:00
07:00:53 · WITA
pop. 831KWITA
🇮🇩 Denpasar
07:00
07:00:53 · WITA
pop. 670KWITA

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/Makassar?
Asia/Makassar is UTC+08:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Makassar observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Makassar stays on UTC+08:00 all year, as it has since 22 September 1945.
Which country uses Asia/Makassar?
Indonesia. It is one of 4 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Asia/Makassar the same as WITA?
Asia/Makassar is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Indonesia Time (WITA). Use Asia/Makassar in software — WITA is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Asia/Makassar
{
"data": {
"iana": "Asia/Makassar",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "ID", "name": "Indonesia" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+08:00",
"abbreviation": "WITA",
…
},
…
}
}