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What time is it in Palmer?

6:50:05AM

Friday, November 13, 2026 in Palmer, Antarctica (Palmer). UTC−3:00.
UTC offset
UTC−3:00
Daylight saving
Not observed
Versus McMurdo Station
16 hours behind
Versus New York
2 hours ahead

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Why Palmer has its own time

Antarctica spans 8 time zones, so the answer depends on where in it you mean. Palmer is 16 hours behind McMurdo Station, which is the zone most people mean by “the time in Antarctica”.

Palmer does not observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC never moves. Its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead.

The other zones in Antarctica

Time in Antarctica