Eucla, Australia · UTC+8:45

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Eucla is a tiny settlement on the Nullarbor Plain, at the Western Australia-South Australia border, with a population of fewer than 100 people. It uses Australia/Eucla, UTC+8:45 year-round, one of only a handful of places in the world with a 45-minute offset from UTC. No daylight saving is observed.

UTC+8:45 and the Nullarbor’s edge

The offset exists because Eucla sits at a geographic boundary where neither Western Australia’s UTC+8 nor South Australia’s UTC+9:30 is a natural fit. The community informally adopted UTC+8:45 to compromise between the two states’ times. The IANA database formalized this local convention, giving a tiny outpost one of the most unusual timezone entries in the entire database.

Eucla’s population is small enough that “community standards” means a few dozen people at the roadhouse and motel that serve Nullarbor crossing traffic on the Eyre Highway. The timezone is real but applies to almost no one. The vast Nullarbor stretches for hundreds of kilometers in both directions: no trees, little water, extraordinary flatness. At the edge of a dead sea that dried up 14 million years ago, the sun rises at a time that no standard offset would predict.

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IANA timezone Australia/Eucla
Current offset UTC+8:45
Daylight saving No DST observed

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Questions about time in Eucla

What timezone is Eucla in?
Eucla uses the IANA timezone Australia/Eucla. The UTC offset is always UTC+8:45 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Eucla observe daylight saving time?
No. Eucla does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+8:45 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Eucla?
Eucla is currently at UTC+8:45.
What is the time difference between Eucla and New York?
Eucla is currently 12 hours 45 minutes ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Eucla and London?
Eucla is currently 7 hours 45 minutes ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Eucla and Los Angeles?
Eucla is currently 15 hours 45 minutes ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Eucla and Tokyo?
Eucla is currently 15 minutes behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Eucla?
The IANA timezone database identifier for Eucla is Australia/Eucla. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Australia/Eucla' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Australia/Eucla')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

Frequently Asked Questions

What timezone is Eucla in?

Eucla uses the IANA timezone Australia/Eucla. The UTC offset is always UTC+8:45 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Eucla observe daylight saving time?

No. Eucla does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+8:45 all year round.

What is the current UTC offset for Eucla?

Eucla is currently at UTC+8:45.

What is the time difference between Eucla and New York?

Eucla is currently 12 hours 45 minutes ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Eucla and London?

Eucla is currently 7 hours 45 minutes ahead of London.