What time is it in U.S. Outlying Islands?

U.S. Outlying Islands stays on UTC−11:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 11 hours behind UTC, and 6 hours behind New York.

U.S. Outlying Islands spans 2 time zones, so “the time in U.S. Outlying Islands” depends where. Each has its own page.

Midway is 6 hours behind New York and 3 hours behind Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 3:00 am in Midway.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The day is 10 hours 48 minutes long in Midway, and losing 1 minute a day. The sun peaks at 12:33 pm, 33 minutes after noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Midway sits 49 minutes of solar time west of UTC−11:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 3 hours 35 minutes in Midway: 13 hours 56 minutes of daylight at the June solstice against 10 hours 21 minutes at the December one. Being north of the equator, its longest day falls in June — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

U.S. Outlying Islands’s offset has not moved once since 1970 — no daylight saving, and no change of zone.

On UTC−11:00 right now, the same clock as U.S. Outlying Islands: