Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone

Pacific/Port_Moresby is an IANA time zone used in Papua New Guinea. It stays on UTC+10 all year.

Pacific/Port_Moresby at a glance

Rules of the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone

Pacific/Port_Moresby stays on UTC+10 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.

Where Pacific/Port_Moresby is used

Pacific/Port_Moresby is used in Papua New Guinea. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• Port Moresby

Pacific/Port_Moresby 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+10 right now

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

• Asia/Vladivostok
• Australia/Brisbane
• Pacific/Guam
• Pacific/Saipan
• Australia/Lindeman
• Asia/Ust-Nera

Using Pacific/Port_Moresby in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Pacific/Port_Moresby, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+10 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Pacific/Port_Moresby:

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

Tools for time in Pacific/Port_Moresby

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