What timezone is Lord Howe in?

Lord Howe uses the IANA timezone Australia/Lord_Howe. The UTC offset is UTC+10:30 in winter (standard time) and UTC+11 during daylight saving time (summer).

Does Lord Howe observe daylight saving time?

Yes. Lord Howe observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC+10:30 (standard time) to UTC+11 in summer.

What is the current UTC offset for Lord Howe?

Lord Howe is currently at UTC+11. It is currently observing daylight saving time.

What is the time difference between Lord Howe and New York?

Lord Howe is currently 15 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Lord Howe and London?

Lord Howe is currently 10 hours ahead of London.

Lord Howe, Australia · UTC+11

03:07:36

Friday, April 3, 2026

W14 ↑ 06:36 ↓ 18:19 DST

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Lord Howe Island is in the Australia/Lord_Howe timezone (UTC+10:30 in summer, UTC+11 in winter), the only place on Earth that shifts by exactly 30 minutes for daylight saving.

Lord Howe Island, a volcanic speck in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, does something almost no other place on earth does: it shifts its clocks by exactly 30 minutes for daylight saving time. In summer, it runs UTC+10:30. In winter, UTC+11. That half-hour increment makes it distinct from every major timezone neighbor.

350 residents and a half-hour DST shift

The island has around 350 permanent residents, a strict 400-tourist-at-a-time cap, and a UNESCO World Heritage designation. Time here is a practical matter: fishing boats, supply flights from Sydney, and the rhythms of a community that still turns off generators at night. The unusual DST offset traces back to a 1981 decision to align summer hours loosely with New South Wales while acknowledging the island’s geographic uniqueness.

The effect is that Lord Howe Island is almost never exactly on the hour with any major city. Scheduling a call with Sydney or Melbourne requires arithmetic rather than memory.

9am on Lord Howe is 8:30am in Sydney during summer. That 30-minute gap is easy to forget and mildly maddening when you do.

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Questions about time in Lord Howe

What timezone is Lord Howe in?: Lord Howe uses the IANA timezone Australia/Lord_Howe. The UTC offset is UTC+10:30 in winter (standard time) and UTC+11 during daylight saving time (summer).
Does Lord Howe observe daylight saving time?: Yes. Lord Howe observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, October 4 and fall back one hour on Sunday, April 5. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+10:30 to UTC+11.
What is the current UTC offset for Lord Howe?: Lord Howe is currently at UTC+11. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
What is the time difference between Lord Howe and New York?: Lord Howe is currently 15 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Lord Howe and London?: Lord Howe is currently 10 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Lord Howe and Los Angeles?: Lord Howe is currently 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Lord Howe and Tokyo?: Lord Howe is currently 2 hours ahead of Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Lord Howe transitions to/from DST.
What is the IANA timezone name for Lord Howe?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Lord Howe is Australia/Lord_Howe. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Australia/Lord_Howe' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Australia/Lord_Howe')`), or any IANA-compatible library.