Does Antarctica have daylight saving time?
Only in some areas. Most of Antarctica, including the capital, keeps the same time all year. Where clocks do change: on Sunday 28 March 2027 at 01:00 local time, clocks go forward 2 hours to 03:00, from GMT to UTC+2. Below are the next changes for each of its zones, at the local wall-clock time they happen.
Chile Time Antarctica/Palmer
Cities: Palmer, Rothera · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
Greenwich Mean Time Antarctica/Troll
Cities: Troll · current time
- Sun 28 Mar 2027At 01:00 local time clocks go forward to 03:00. GMT (UTC+0) becomes UTC+2.
- Sun 31 Oct 2027At 03:00 local time clocks go back to 01:00. UTC+2 becomes GMT (UTC+0).
- Sun 26 Mar 2028At 01:00 local time clocks go forward to 03:00. GMT (UTC+0) becomes UTC+2.
Syowa Time Antarctica/Syowa
Cities: Syowa · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
Mawson Time Antarctica/Mawson
Cities: Mawson, Vostok · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
Davis Time Antarctica/Davis
Cities: Davis · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
Australian Western Time Antarctica/Casey
Cities: Casey · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
Dumont d’Urville Time Antarctica/DumontDUrville
Cities: DumontDUrville · current time
No change in the next 16 months.
New Zealand Time Antarctica/McMurdo
Cities: McMurdo · current time
- Sun 4 Apr 2027At 03:00 local time clocks go back to 02:00. NZDT (UTC+13) becomes NZST (UTC+12).
- Sun 26 Sep 2027At 02:00 local time clocks go forward to 03:00. NZST (UTC+12) becomes NZDT (UTC+13).
- Sun 2 Apr 2028At 03:00 local time clocks go back to 02:00. NZDT (UTC+13) becomes NZST (UTC+12).