Australia/Lord_Howe time zone

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

Australia/Lord_Howe at a glance

How Australia/Lord_Howe keeps time

Standard time in Australia/Lord_Howe is UTC+10:30. During daylight saving time the zone moves 30 minutes to UTC+11. The table lists the recent and upcoming changes as recorded in tz database version 2026e.

Recent and upcoming changes in Australia/Lord_Howe

The base offset of this zone changed in 1981, from UTC+10 to UTC+10:30. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Countries and cities on Australia/Lord_Howe

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

Australia/Lord_Howe 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 Australia/Lord_Howe today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

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

Using Australia/Lord_Howe in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Australia/Lord_Howe, 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 Australia/Lord_Howe:

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

Tools for time in Australia/Lord_Howe

• Convert a time to or from Australia/Lord_Howe: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Australia/Lord_Howe to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Australia/Lord_Howe 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.