Phnom Penh, Cambodia Β· UTC+7
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Phnom Penh is in the Asia/Phnom Penh timezone (ICT/UTC+7), with no daylight saving time observed. Phnom Penh was built where rivers meet. The Chatomukh, or Four Faces, is the confluence of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap, the point where Cambodiaβs two great waterways briefly become one. For centuries, this geography made the city a center of trade, and the rivers still set the rhythm of daily life.
Cambodia uses Indochina Time, UTC+7, with no daylight saving. The same offset runs through Bangkok and Saigon to the east and west. Sunrise in Phnom Penh comes around 5:45am to 6:15am depending on season, and sunset between 5:45pm and 6:15pm. Close to the equator, the variation is modest.
The morning in Phnom Penh starts at the river. Vendors set up before dawn along Sisowath Quay. The first light comes off the Tonle Sap, which flows north toward the great lake for half the year and reverses direction when the monsoon fills the Mekong in June. That reversal is one of the natural worldβs stranger clocks.
history and the weight of Year Zero
The Khmer Rouge abolished time in its own way between 1975 and 1979, renaming 1975 βYear Zeroβ and attempting to restart history. The city is still, in some ways, measuring how far it has come from that particular moment.
9am in Phnom Penh is 2am in London.
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Questions about time in Phnom Penh
- What timezone is Phnom Penh in?
- Phnom Penh uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Phnom_Penh. The UTC offset is always UTC+7 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Phnom Penh observe daylight saving time?
- No. Phnom Penh does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+7 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Phnom Penh?
- Phnom Penh is currently at UTC+7.
- What is the time difference between Phnom Penh and New York?
- Phnom Penh is currently 11 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Phnom Penh and London?
- Phnom Penh is currently 6 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Phnom Penh and Los Angeles?
- Phnom Penh is currently 14 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Phnom Penh and Tokyo?
- Phnom Penh is currently 2 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Phnom Penh?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Phnom Penh is
Asia/Phnom_Penh. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Phnom_Penh' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Phnom_Penh')`), or any IANA-compatible library.