Antarctica/Macquarie time zone

Antarctica/Macquarie is an IANA time zone used in Australia. It is on daylight saving time now, UTC+11 (AEDT), until Sunday, April 4, 2027.

Antarctica/Macquarie at a glance

How Antarctica/Macquarie keeps time

Standard time in Antarctica/Macquarie is UTC+10 (AEST). During daylight saving time the zone moves 1 hour to UTC+11 (AEDT). The table lists the recent and upcoming changes as recorded in tz database version 2026e.

Recent and upcoming changes in Antarctica/Macquarie

Countries and cities on Antarctica/Macquarie

Antarctica/Macquarie is used in Australia. None of the cities in our list follow it.

Antarctica/Macquarie compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

Other zones on UTC+11 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Antarctica/Macquarie today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Asia/Sakhalin
• Australia/Hobart
• Australia/Melbourne
• Australia/Sydney
• Pacific/Efate
• Pacific/Guadalcanal
• Pacific/Noumea
• Pacific/Pohnpei
• Australia/Lord_Howe
• Pacific/Kosrae
• Pacific/Bougainville
• Asia/Magadan

Using Antarctica/Macquarie in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Antarctica/Macquarie, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+11 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Antarctica/Macquarie:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Antarctica/Macquarie', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Antarctica/Macquarie'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Antarctica/Macquarie')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Antarctica/Macquarie date

Tools for time in Antarctica/Macquarie

• Convert a time to or from Antarctica/Macquarie: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Antarctica/Macquarie to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Antarctica/Macquarie and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.