Pacific/Funafuti time zone

Pacific/Funafuti is an IANA time zone used in Tuvalu. It stays on UTC+12 all year.

Pacific/Funafuti at a glance

UTC offset now	UTC+12
Standard time	UTC+12
Used in	Tuvalu

How Pacific/Funafuti keeps time

Pacific/Funafuti stays on UTC+12 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.

Countries and cities on Pacific/Funafuti

Pacific/Funafuti is used in Tuvalu. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

Funafuti

Pacific/Funafuti 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.

City	Time now	Difference now	In January	In July
New York (United States)	--:--	17 h behind	17 h behind	16 h behind
Los Angeles (United States)	--:--	20 h behind	20 h behind	19 h behind
London (United Kingdom)	--:--	12 h behind	12 h behind	11 h behind
Paris (France)	--:--	11 h behind	11 h behind	10 h behind
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	--:--	8 h behind	8 h behind	8 h behind
Mumbai (India)	--:--	6 h 30 min behind	6 h 30 min behind	6 h 30 min behind
Singapore	--:--	4 h behind	4 h behind	4 h behind
Tokyo (Japan)	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	3 h behind
Sydney (Australia)	--:--	1 h behind	1 h behind	2 h behind
UTC	--:--	12 h behind	12 h behind	12 h behind

Other zones on UTC+12 right now

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

Using Pacific/Funafuti in software

Use the zone name Pacific/Funafuti rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.

Show the current time in Pacific/Funafuti:

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

Plan around the time in Pacific/Funafuti

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

Frequently asked questions

What is the UTC offset of Pacific/Funafuti?

UTC+12, all year.

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.