Time in Philippines now
8:04PMPST
PSTUTC+8+13 h vs New York (you)Asia/Manila
No clock changes: Philippines stays on PST (UTC+8) all year.
Time zone in Philippines
The Philippines uses a single time zone: Philippine Standard Time (PST, UTC+8) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Manila lies at 121.0° east, where mean solar time is UTC+8:04 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 4 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Philippines
No. The Philippines does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 1990, after 2 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Philippines
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−15:56 in Quezon City), which ended on December 31, 1844, when LMT (UTC+8:04) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 2 of the 55 years, most recently in 1990. The first summer time in the record dates from 1936. The table summarises the clocks of the Philippines year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Manila.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1976 | UTC+8 all year | PST |
| 1977 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | PST, PDT |
| 1978–1989 | UTC+8 all year | PST |
| 1990 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | PST, PDT |
| 1991 onward | UTC+8 all year | PST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Philippines time
Time difference between Philippines and major cities
| City | Local time now | Philippines vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +13 h | +13 h | +12 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +16 h | +16 h | +15 h | none / none |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h 30 min | +2 h 30 min | +2 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Sydney | 11:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Philippines’s office hours overlap yours today.
the Philippines and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in the Philippines, it is 8:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 9:00 PM in the Philippines is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in the Philippines overlaps London’s for 0 min in January (8:00 AM–8:00 AM the Philippines time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in the Philippines it is 1:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in the Philippines overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (11:30 AM–5:00 PM the Philippines time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in the Philippines it is 6:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Manila and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Da Nang Vietnam | 1,380 km | 7:04 PM UTC+7 | −1 h |
| Ngerulmud Palau | 1,680 km | 9:04 PM UTC+9 | +1 h |
| Kēng Tung Myanmar | 2,360 km | 6:34 PM UTC+6:30 | −1 h 30 min |
Same clock as the Philippines
These places keep exactly the same time as the Philippines all year under the current rules (zones Antarctica/Casey, Asia/Hong_Kong, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Kuching, Asia/Macau and 6 more).
Cities in Philippines
Philippines at a glance
- CapitalManila
- Population116,786,962
- Time zone IDAsia/Manila
- Standard timePST (UTC+8)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+63