Time zone · Oceania
VST
Vanuatu Standard Time
Vanuatu Standard Time (VST) keeps things simple with a steady UTC+11:00 year-round—no daylight saving shifts, no confusing clock changes. Life and business across Efate and the wider Vanuatu islands run on a consistent tropical rhythm, making scheduling with partners in Asia-Pacific and beyond refreshingly straightforward.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+11:00
Standard · +11
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
1
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About VST
A fixed, year-round offset.
Vanuatu Standard Time (VST) keeps things simple with a steady UTC+11:00 year-round—no daylight saving shifts, no confusing clock changes. Life and business across Efate and the wider Vanuatu islands run on a consistent tropical rhythm, making scheduling with partners in Asia-Pacific and beyond refreshingly straightforward.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The zone that resolve to VST.
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 VST
Local time, city by city.
1 city
Where VST is used
One country.
Same offset · UTC+11:00
Other zones at UTC+11:00 right now.
These named zones share VST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
VST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about VST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Does Vanuatu observe daylight saving time?
- No—Vanuatu has no daylight saving transitions. The UTC+11:00 offset stays the same all year long.
- When did Vanuatu adopt its current fixed offset?
- UTC+11:00 has been in effect all year since 23 January 1993, when Vanuatu's last daylight saving period ended.
- How does VST compare to neighboring Pacific time zones?
- At UTC+11:00, Vanuatu shares its clock with the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia and is one hour behind Fiji (UTC+12:00).
- Is VST the same as Australian Eastern Standard Time?
- No. Australia’s AEST is UTC+10:00 and its summer time (AEDT) is UTC+11:00, whereas Vanuatu’s +11:00 is fixed—so Vanuatu only matches AEDT part of the year and is otherwise an hour ahead of Australia’s east coast.
- Can apps and calendars safely hard-code VST as UTC+11:00?
- Yes. Vanuatu has not used daylight saving time since 1993, so scheduling tools can treat it as UTC+11:00 all year.
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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