Time zone · Oceania
CXT
Christmas Island Time
Christmas Island Time (CXT) is a quiet, tropical pocket seven hours ahead of UTC, used solely by Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. It has no daylight saving, so it is UTC+07:00 all year, the same as Jakarta and Bangkok.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+07:00
Standard · +07
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About CXT
A fixed, year-round offset.
Christmas Island Time (CXT) is a quiet, tropical pocket seven hours ahead of UTC, used solely by Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. It has no daylight saving, so it is UTC+07:00 all year, the same as Jakarta and Bangkok.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to CXT.
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 CXT
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where CXT is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+07:00
Other zones at UTC+07:00 right now.
These named zones share CXT's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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CXT to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about CXT, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why doesn’t Christmas Island Time observe daylight saving?
- Being near the equator, day length changes very little throughout the year, giving the territory no real need to shift clocks.
- How does CXT compare with its neighbours’ timezones?
- At UTC+07:00, it lines up with parts of Indonesia like Jakarta, and with Thailand and Vietnam; it is one hour behind Perth.
- Has the offset of Christmas Island Time changed often?
- The current UTC+07:00 offset has been in place since 1895, giving the island a remarkably stable timekeeping record.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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