UTC+09:00

Short description: Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +9

UTC+09:00
Time zone
World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC+09:00
Current time
22:28, 21 February 2024 UTC+09:00 [refresh]
Central meridian
135 degrees E
Date-time group
I

UTC+09:00 in May 2018: blue (December), orange (June), yellow (year-round), light blue (sea areas)

UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.

During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with Tokyo until the fall of the Empire of Japan.

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Tokyo, Osaka , Nagoya, Fukuoka, Yokohama, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Ulsan, Incheon, Pyeongyang, Yakutsk, Koror, Dili, Jayapura, Ambon

North Asia

• Russia – Yakutsk Time
  • Far Eastern Federal District
    • Amur Oblast, Sakha Republic (western part; west of the Lena River as well as territories adjacent to the Lena on the eastern side)
    • Zabaykalsky Krai

East Asia

• Japan – Japan Standard Time
• North Korea – Korea Standard Time
• South Korea – Korea Standard Time

Oceania

Micronesia

• Palau

Southeast Asia

• East Timor – Time in East Timor
• Indonesia – Eastern Indonesia Time
  • Eastern zone, including:
    • Maluku Islands
      • Maluku
      • North Maluku
    • Western New Guinea
      • Papua
      • West Papua
      • Central Papua
      • South Papua
      • Southwest Papua
      • Highland Papua

Discrepancies between official UTC+09:00 and geographical UTC+09:00

This map shows the difference between legal time and local mean time in Japan and its neighborhood. Eastern part of Hokkaido is over 30 minutes behind and western part of Ryukyu islands is over 30 minutes ahead of local solar time as a single standard time offset of UTC+09:00 is observed in whole country of Japan, even in its easternmost territory, Minamitorishima (153°59′E) and its westernmost territory, Yonaguni (122°56′E).

Areas in UTC+09:00 longitudes using other time zones

This concerns areas within 127°30′ E and 142°30′ E longitude.

China

• Parts of Northeast China, including eastern half of Heilongjiang Province and Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, where 00 is used.

Australia

• The easternmost parts of Western Australia where UTC+08:00 is used, Eucla and nearby areas where (unofficial) 45 is used.
• The Northern Territory, where 30 is used, and South Australia and Broken Hill where UTC+09:30 and DST 30 are used, respectively, despite the borders of the territory and state fitting perfectly within the ideal meridians of UTC+09:00.
• The western parts of Queensland where 00 is used, and westernmost parts of Victoria and New South Wales where UTC+10:00 and 00 in summer time, is used.

Federated States of Micronesia

• Parts of Federated States of Micronesia, including western parts of Yap State, where UTC+10:00 is used.

Papua New Guinea

• The very westernmost parts of Papua New Guinea, where UTC+10:00 is used.

Russia

• Parts of Russia, including Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Primorsky Krai, central part of Sakha, and most of Khabarovsk Krai where UTC+10:00 is used, and westernmost parts of eastern Sakha Republic and Sakhalin Island, where UTC+11:00 is used.

Areas outside UTC+09:00 longitudes using UTC+09:00 time

Areas between 97°30′ E and 112°30′ E ("physical" UTC+07:00)

• Russia
  • A westernmost part of Sakha Republic, including the urban localities Aykhal and Udachny

Areas between 112°30′ E and 127°30′ E ("physical" UTC+08:00)

• Russia
  • Zabaykalsky Krai
  • Most of western Sakha Republic
• East Timor
• Indonesia
  • The western islands in the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku (from south to north):
    • Liran Island
    • Wetar Island
    • Kisar Island
    • Ambelau Island
    • Buru Island
    • Sanana Island
    • Mangole Island
    • Taliabu and surrounding islands
• Japan
  • Parts of Okinawa Prefecture:
    • Sakishima Islands
      • Yaeyama Islands
      • Miyako Islands
    • Okinawa Islands
      • Kume Island
      • Aguni Islands
      • The western parts of Kerama Islands
• North Korea
  • The western parts of Korea, including the capital city, Pyongyang
• South Korea
  • The western parts of Korea, including the capital city, Seoul

Areas between 142°30′ E and 157°30′ E ("physical" UTC+10:00)

• Japan
  • The eastern parts of Hokkaido, including Obihiro, Kushiro, and Nemuro
  • Minami-Tori-shima in Ogasawara municipality
• Russia
  • New Siberian Islands
    • Novaya Sibir
    • Faddeyevsky Island
    • A smaller part of Kotelny Island
    • The eastern part of Great Lyakhovsky Island

See also

• Time in Russia
• Time in North Korea
• Time in South Korea
• Time in Indonesia