Time zone · Asia
WITA
Central Indonesia Time
Central Indonesia Time (WITA) keeps daily life in central Indonesia running smoothly with a steady UTC+08:00 offset year-round—no daylight saving shifts mean planners and remote collaborators across Sulawesi and neighboring islands can rely on a consistent clock for everything from shipping schedules to cross-regional meetings.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Standard · WITA
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About WITA
A fixed, year-round offset.
Central Indonesia Time (WITA) keeps daily life in central Indonesia running smoothly with a steady UTC+08:00 offset year-round—no daylight saving shifts mean planners and remote collaborators across Sulawesi and neighboring islands can rely on a consistent clock for everything from shipping schedules to cross-regional meetings.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to WITA.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across WITA
Local time, city by city.
5 cities
Where WITA is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+08:00
Other zones at UTC+08:00 right now.
These named zones share WITA's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about WITA, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Which islands follow WITA?
- WITA covers all of Sulawesi, Bali, West and East Nusa Tenggara (including Lombok and Flores), and the southern, eastern and northern provinces of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).
- Why don’t these areas observe daylight saving?
- Being close to the equator, the length of day and night stays fairly constant year-round, so there’s little reason to adjust the clocks.
- What is the typical workday like in UTC+08:00 here?
- Sunrise is around 6 a.m. and sunset around 6 p.m. all year, so the working day lines up with daylight.
- How does WITA fit into global planning?
- WITA is UTC+08:00 all year, the same as Singapore, Hong Kong and Perth, one hour ahead of Jakarta and one hour behind Jayapura.
- What’s the official reference zone for this code?
- The reference is Makassar, Indonesia, anchoring WITA since the mid-20th century.
- Do neighboring areas use the same year-round offset?
- No. Western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, and West and Central Kalimantan, including Banten) uses UTC+07:00, and eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Papua) uses UTC+09:00. Like WITA, neither observes daylight saving.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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