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Does French Polynesia have daylight saving time?

No. French Polynesia does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC−10 to UTC−9 and stay the same all year; Papeetē is on UTC−10.

French Polynesia has not used daylight saving time since at least 1970.

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Does French Polynesia have daylight saving time?

No. French Polynesia does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC−10 to UTC−9 and stay the same all year; Papeetē is on UTC−10.

When did French Polynesia last change its clocks?

French Polynesia has not used daylight saving time since at least 1970.

What time zone is French Polynesia in?

French Polynesia uses UTC−10, UTC−9:30, UTC−9. See the current time in French Polynesia.

Source: IANA time zone database, version 2026e, the same data phones and computers use. History is shown from 1970, the period the database documents reliably.