New Caledonia time zone history
Daylight saving time was used in 5 years since 1970, last in 1997; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. On standard time, clocks in Noumea run 6 minutes behind local mean solar time.
UTC+11
Standard time is UTC+11 all year under the current rules.
Summer time in 5 of 57 years since 1970
Before 1970
Standard time changes
| Date | Change | New standard time | Clock label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1970 | |||
| January 13, 1912 | Local mean time (UTC+11:05:48) replaced | UTC+11 | numeric only |
Daylight saving periods
| Years | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back | Shift and labels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | December 4 | not that year | 1 hour |
| 1978 | December 3 | February 27 | 1 hour |
| 1979 | not that year | February 27 | 1 hour |
| 1996 | December 1 | not that year | 1 hour |
| 1997 | not that year | March 2 | 1 hour |
Also on UTC+11
Vanuatu, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), Micronesia, Sakhalin (Russia), Magadan (Russia) and Srednekolymsk (Russia).
Clocks next door since 1970
- Vanuatu (551 km): same time except 2,018 days in 1973, 1974, 1977–1979, 1983–1993, 1996 and 1997.
- Norfolk Island (769 km): usually 30 minutes ahead; different on 4,495 days in 1974, 1975, 1977–1979, 1996, 1997 and 2015–2026; same time today.
- Lord Howe Island (Australia) (1,264 km): usually 30 minutes behind; different on 11,340 days in 1970–2026.
- Fiji (1,330 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 1,466 days in 1977–1979, 1996–2000 and 2009–2021.
- Brisbane (Australia) (1,471 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 759 days in 1971, 1972, 1977–1979, 1989–1992, 1996 and 1997.
How it compares
Standard time has stayed at UTC+11 since 1912.