Time zone · Oceania
FST
Fiji Standard Time
Fiji Standard Time (UTC+12:00) is the time used across Fiji. Fiji has not used daylight saving since its last period ended in January 2021, so clocks stay on UTC+12:00 all year.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+12:00
Standard · +12
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About FST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Fiji Standard Time (UTC+12:00) is the time used across Fiji. Fiji has not used daylight saving since its last period ended in January 2021, so clocks stay on UTC+12:00 all year.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to FST.
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 FST
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where FST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+12:00
Other zones at UTC+12:00 right now.
These named zones share FST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
FST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about FST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Does Fiji still observe daylight saving time?
- No. Fiji stopped observing daylight saving, so the entire nation now stays on the same local clocks throughout the year.
- How early does the day start in Fiji compared to other timezones?
- Fiji is among the first places on Earth to greet each new calendar day, often hours ahead of the US or European zones, which makes it great for an early start in global workflows.
- Was daylight saving ever controversial in Fiji?
- Its schedule was often unsettled: Fiji used daylight saving in 1998–2000 and again every summer from 2009–10 to 2020–21, with start and end dates that often changed from year to year. It has not used it since January 2021.
- How does year-round FST affect Pacific airline connections?
- Predictable, non-shifting clocks make scheduling between destinations such as Australia and the US mainland far less error-prone than with zone pairs that observe daylight saving at different times.
- Are there other countries that share Fiji's current time?
- Yes. Nauru, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Wallis and Futuna and the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati are also on UTC+12:00 all year. New Zealand matches Fiji only in its winter; during its summer daylight saving it is one hour ahead.
- Do Fijian islands outside the main island adjust their clocks differently?
- No. Fiji has a single time zone, so even remote islands keep the same time as Suva.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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This time zone, as JSON.
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