Kwajalein, Marshall Islands · UTC+12
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Kwajalein is a long, thin atoll enclosing one of the world’s largest lagoons, and it hosts the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, a US Army facility that has tracked missile tests across the Pacific since the Cold War. The atoll runs on Pacific/Majuro time: UTC+12, year-round, no daylight saving.
missile range, WWII wrecks, and two clocks on one atoll
The Marshall Islands moved to UTC+12 when the country crossed the International Date Line in 1993. Before that, the islands were at UTC-12, the furthest behind timezone on earth. The government chose to be aligned with Asia and Australia, its main trading partners, rather than with Hawaii and the Americas. Kwajalein changed dates overnight, skipping an entire calendar day.
The US military presence on Kwajalein operates partly on its own schedule, tied to missile test windows and coordination with mainland US facilities. The military base time has historically been kept separate from the Marshall Islands civil time, creating a miniature two-clock situation within the atoll.
The lagoon at Kwajalein is one of the world’s premier wreck diving sites, with dozens of Japanese vessels sunk during the US assault of February 1944. The wrecks rest in shallow, clear water, undisturbed in the atoll’s protected depths.
9am in Kwajalein is 9pm in London the previous evening, twelve hours ahead.
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Questions about time in Kwajalein
- What timezone is Kwajalein in?
- Kwajalein uses the IANA timezone
Pacific/Majuro. The UTC offset is always UTC+12 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Kwajalein observe daylight saving time?
- No. Kwajalein does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+12 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Kwajalein?
- Kwajalein is currently at UTC+12.
- What is the time difference between Kwajalein and New York?
- Kwajalein is currently 16 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Kwajalein and London?
- Kwajalein is currently 11 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Kwajalein and Los Angeles?
- Kwajalein is currently 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Kwajalein and Tokyo?
- Kwajalein is currently 3 hours ahead of Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Kwajalein?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Kwajalein is
Pacific/Majuro. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Majuro' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Majuro')`), or any IANA-compatible library.