Likisá, Timor Leste · UTC+9
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Likisá (also Liquiçá) is a coastal town west of Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital, on the northern coast facing the Ombai Strait. The city runs on Asia/Dili time: UTC+9, year-round. No daylight saving.
Timor-Leste chose UTC+9 on independence in 2002, aligning with the eastern boundary of its small territory and placing the country on the same clock as Japan and South Korea. This offset is somewhat ahead of what the sun would suggest for Dili and Likisá (both at around 125 degrees east, which corresponds more naturally to UTC+8:20). The decision was partly economic: UTC+9 aligns Timor-Leste’s business hours with Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10) during AEST, just one hour behind Australia’s main eastern cities.
1999 massacre, independence, and a chosen timezone
Likisá was the site of a massacre in 1999 during the violence surrounding East Timor’s independence referendum. The Catholic church in the town, where refugees had sought shelter, was attacked. The date, April 6, 1999, is a fixed point in the country’s reckoning of its own history.
The coast around Likisá is relatively undeveloped, with fishing communities using the narrow coastal shelf. At 8.6 degrees south, the city has near-constant daylength and a tropical climate.
9am in Likisá is midnight in London, nine hours ahead of GMT.
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Questions about time in Likisá
- What timezone is Likisá in?
- Likisá uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Dili. The UTC offset is always UTC+9 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Likisá observe daylight saving time?
- No. Likisá does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Likisá?
- Likisá is currently at UTC+9.
- What is the time difference between Likisá and New York?
- Likisá is currently 13 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Likisá and London?
- Likisá is currently 8 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Likisá and Los Angeles?
- Likisá is currently 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Likisá?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Likisá is
Asia/Dili. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Dili' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Dili')`), or any IANA-compatible library.