Fiji time zone history
Daylight saving time was used in 16 years since 1970, last in 2021; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. On standard time, clocks in Fiji run 6 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.
UTC+12
Standard time is UTC+12 all year under the current rules.
Summer time in 16 of 57 years since 1970
Before 1970
Standard time changes
| Date | Change | New standard time | Clock label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1970 | |||
| October 26, 1915 | Local mean time (UTC+11:55:44) replaced | UTC+12 | numeric only |
Daylight saving periods
| Years | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back | Shift and labels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | November 1 | not that year | 1 hour |
| 1999 | November 7 | February 28 | 1 hour |
| 2000 | not that year | February 27 | 1 hour |
| 2009 | November 29 | not that year | 1 hour |
| 2010 | October 24 | March 28 | 1 hour |
| 2011 | October 23 | March 6 | 1 hour |
| 2012 | October 21 | January 22 | 1 hour |
| 2013 | October 27 | January 20 | 1 hour |
| 2014–2017 | first Sunday in November, 02:00 | third Sunday in January, 02:00 | 1 hour |
| 2018 | November 4 | January 14 | 1 hour |
| 2019 | November 10 | January 13 | 1 hour |
| 2020 | December 20 | January 12 | 1 hour |
| 2021 | not that year | January 17 | 1 hour |
Also on UTC+12
Auckland (New Zealand), Tarawa (Kiribati), Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kamchatka (Russia) and Anadyr (Russia).
Clocks next door since 1970
- Tonga (747 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 1,242 days in 1998–2002 and 2009–2021.
- Vanuatu (1,059 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,961 days in 1973, 1974, 1983–1993, 1998–2000 and 2009–2021.
- Samoa (1,156 km): usually 23 hours behind; different on 5,914 days in 1998–2000 and 2009–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
- Niue (1,233 km): usually 23 hours behind; different on 1,204 days in 1998–2000 and 2009–2021.
- American Samoa (1,239 km): usually 23 hours behind; different on 1,204 days in 1998–2000 and 2009–2021.
How it compares
Standard time has stayed at UTC+12 since 1915.