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Does Kiribati have daylight saving time?
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No. Kiribati does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC+12 to UTC+14 and stay the same all year; South Tarawa is on UTC+12.
Kiribati has not used daylight saving time since at least 1970. Some regions' standard time changed more recently, in 1994.
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Questions people ask
Does Kiribati have daylight saving time?
No. Kiribati does not change its clocks. Its time zones run from UTC+12 to UTC+14 and stay the same all year; South Tarawa is on UTC+12.
When did Kiribati last change its clocks?
Kiribati has not used daylight saving time since at least 1970. Some regions' standard time changed more recently, in 1994.
What time zone is Kiribati in?
Kiribati uses UTC+12, UTC+13, UTC+14. See the current time in Kiribati.
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.