Time zone · Oceania
LIT
Line Islands Time
Line Islands Time (LIT), clocking in at UTC+14:00, is as far ahead as any timezone on Earth goes—making Kiritimati in Kiribati one of the first places on the planet to greet each new day. It has no daylight saving time. Kiritimati moved from UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00 at the end of 1994, skipping 31 December 1994 entirely.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+14:00
Standard · +14
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About LIT
A fixed, year-round offset.
Line Islands Time (LIT), clocking in at UTC+14:00, is as far ahead as any timezone on Earth goes—making Kiritimati in Kiribati one of the first places on the planet to greet each new day. It has no daylight saving time. Kiritimati moved from UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00 at the end of 1994, skipping 31 December 1994 entirely.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to LIT.
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Where LIT is used
One country.
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LIT to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about LIT, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Is Line Islands Time the earliest timezone in the world?
- Yes. No other time zone is ahead of UTC+14:00, and only Kiribati's Line Islands use it, so Kiritimati is among the first inhabited places to start each new calendar day.
- Does Kiritimati observe daylight saving time?
- No. Kiritimati stays on UTC+14:00 year-round, so there are no clock changes to track—what you see now is what you get all year.
- How did LIT get its name?
- The time zone takes its name from the Line Islands, a scattered group of atolls across the Pacific; Kiritimati is the most famous member and anchors the +14 offset for the region.
- What are the perks of scheduling calls from LIT to the Americas?
- Because Kiritimati is nearly a full day ahead, when it’s Monday morning there, many cities in the Americas are still enjoying their Sunday afternoon—ideal if you want to roll in early or catch colleagues before their week starts.
- Are there other places with the same UTC+14:00 zone?
- No. UTC+14:00 is used only in Kiribati's Line Islands, which include Kiritimati; no other country uses it.
- How does LIT impact international trade or communications?
- A 9:00–17:00 workday in Kiritimati runs from 19:00 UTC on the previous day to 03:00 UTC. It overlaps with the afternoon and evening of the previous day in the Americas and with the morning in East Asia and eastern Australia.
- Why doesn’t Kiritimati add daylight saving like some Pacific islands?
- Kiritimati lies just north of the equator, so day length barely changes through the year and moving the clocks would gain little.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
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