Time zone · Oceania
PALAUT
Palau Time
Palau Time follows a steady UTC+09:00 year-round, with no daylight saving changes throughout the archipelago. It gives life and work in Palau a reliably consistent rhythm, making scheduling simple whether you're coordinating across the Pacific or syncing with partners in East Asia and Australia.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+09:00
Standard · +09
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About PALAUT
A fixed, year-round offset.
Palau Time follows a steady UTC+09:00 year-round, with no daylight saving changes throughout the archipelago. It gives life and work in Palau a reliably consistent rhythm, making scheduling simple whether you're coordinating across the Pacific or syncing with partners in East Asia and Australia.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to PALAUT.
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 PALAUT
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where PALAUT is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+09:00
Other zones at UTC+09:00 right now.
These named zones share PALAUT's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
PALAUT to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about PALAUT, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- How does Palau Time compare to neighboring time zones on a normal day?
- Palau runs at UTC+09:00, the same time as Japan and South Korea, and one hour behind eastern Australia’s standard time (UTC+10:00), making real-time collaboration with Tokyo or Seoul straightforward.
- Does Palau ever observe daylight saving time?
- No, Palau does not observe daylight saving time, so the clocks stay on UTC+09:00 throughout the year.
- Is there a fixed time difference between Palau and Hawaii?
- Yes. Palau is always 19 hours ahead of Hawaii (UTC−10:00), since neither changes its clocks: 8:00 a.m. in Honolulu is 3:00 a.m. the next day in Palau.
- Why is Palau’s time zone considered stable?
- Palau has one time zone for the whole country and no daylight saving, and it has been on UTC+09:00 since 1901.
- Which major business hours overlap with Palau and Tokyo?
- Since both Palau and Tokyo sit at UTC+09:00, their standard business hours line up almost exactly, simplifying meetings and live support without time-shifting.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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