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Pacific/Easter

Pacific/Easter is the IANA time zone for Easter Island in Chile.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−06:00
Daylight offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the first Saturday in September at 22:00 to the first Saturday in April at 22:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Saturday, April 3, 2027 at 22:00: back to UTC−6 (UTC−5 → UTC−6)
  • Saturday, September 4, 2027 at 22:00: forward to UTC−5 (UTC−6 → UTC−5)

Names

Generic name
Easter Island Time
Standard / daylight
Easter Island Standard Time / Easter Island Summer Time
Aliases
Chile/EasterIsland (old ids that resolve to Pacific/Easter)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Easter' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Pacific/Easter')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Pacific/Easter';

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1981: UTC−7 and UTC−6 each year
  • 1982–2014: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year
  • 2015: UTC−5
  • 2016–2026: UTC−6 and UTC−5 each year

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