Pacific/Easter time zone

Pacific/Easter is an IANA time zone used in Chile. It is on daylight saving time now, UTC−5, until Saturday, April 3, 2027.

Pacific/Easter at a glance

How Pacific/Easter keeps time

Standard time in Pacific/Easter is UTC−6. During daylight saving time the zone moves 1 hour to UTC−5. The table lists the recent and upcoming changes as recorded in tz database version 2026e.

Recent and upcoming changes in Pacific/Easter

The base offset of this zone changed in 1982, from UTC−7 to UTC−6. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Countries and cities on Pacific/Easter

Pacific/Easter is used in Chile. None of the cities in our list follow it.

Pacific/Easter 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−5 right now

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

• America/Bogota
• America/Cancun
• America/Cayman
• America/Detroit
• America/Grand_Turk
• America/Guayaquil
• America/Havana
• America/Indiana/Indianapolis
• America/Jamaica
• America/Kentucky/Louisville
• America/Lima
• America/Nassau

Using Pacific/Easter in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Pacific/Easter, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC−5 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Pacific/Easter:

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

Tools for time in Pacific/Easter

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