What timezone is Faaa in?

Faaa uses the IANA timezone Pacific/Tahiti. The UTC offset is always UTC-10 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Faaa observe daylight saving time?

No. Faaa does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-10 all year round.

What is the time difference between Faaa and New York?

Faaa is currently 6 hours behind New York.

What is the time difference between Faaa and London?

Faaa is currently 11 hours behind London.

Faaa, French Polynesia · UTC-10

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

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Faaa is the commune on Tahiti’s northwestern coast that contains Faa’a International Airport, French Polynesia’s main gateway. It uses Pacific/Tahiti, UTC-10, year-round, with no daylight saving. Tahiti Time is 10 hours behind UTC, putting it in the same offset as East Honolulu in Hawaii.

Polynesia’s offsets and Tahiti’s gateway

French Polynesia spans a vast stretch of the Pacific, and different island groups use different offsets: the Marquesas use UTC-9:30, the Gambier Islands use UTC-9, and the Society Islands (including Tahiti) use UTC-10. Faaa and Papeete, just to its east, are on Tahiti Time.

The airport at Faaa processes flights from Los Angeles, Auckland, and Tokyo, all of which require adjusting from UTC-10 to significantly different offsets. Arriving from Los Angeles (UTC-8 in winter, UTC-7 in summer), passengers subtract 2-3 hours from their previous clock. From Auckland (UTC+13 in summer), they subtract an extraordinary 23 hours of clock time, crossing the date line in the process. Faaa’s timezone at UTC-10 makes it one of the last places on Earth to start each calendar day.

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Sources

IANA Time Zone Database
Météo-France Polynésie française
Danielsson, Bengt. Work and Life on Raroia. Allen and Unwin, 1956.

IANA timezone Pacific/Tahiti

Current offset UTC-10

Daylight saving No DST observed

— Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00 Faaa local time

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Questions about time in Faaa

What timezone is Faaa in?: Faaa uses the IANA timezone Pacific/Tahiti. The UTC offset is always UTC-10 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Faaa observe daylight saving time?: No. Faaa does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-10 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Faaa?: Faaa is currently at UTC-10.
What is the time difference between Faaa and New York?: Faaa is currently 6 hours behind New York.
What is the time difference between Faaa and London?: Faaa is currently 11 hours behind London.
What is the time difference between Faaa and Los Angeles?: Faaa is currently 3 hours behind Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Faaa and Tokyo?: Faaa is currently 19 hours behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Faaa?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Faaa is Pacific/Tahiti. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Tahiti' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Tahiti')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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