Current time in the Pacific/Norfolk time zone

Pacific/Norfolk is an IANA time zone used in Norfolk Island. It is on daylight saving time now, UTC+12, until Sunday, April 4, 2027.

Pacific/Norfolk at a glance

Rules of the Pacific/Norfolk time zone

Standard time in Pacific/Norfolk is UTC+11. During daylight saving time the zone moves 1 hour to UTC+12. The table lists the recent and upcoming changes as recorded in tz database version 2026e.

Recent and upcoming changes in Pacific/Norfolk

The base offset of this zone changed in 2015, from UTC+11:30 to UTC+11. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Where Pacific/Norfolk is used

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

• Kingston

Pacific/Norfolk 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+12 right now

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

• Asia/Kamchatka
• Pacific/Fiji
• Pacific/Funafuti
• Pacific/Majuro
• Pacific/Nauru
• Pacific/Tarawa
• Pacific/Wallis
• Pacific/Kwajalein
• Asia/Anadyr

Using Pacific/Norfolk in software

Use the zone name Pacific/Norfolk 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/Norfolk:

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

Plan around the time in Pacific/Norfolk

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