Time zone
Japan Standard Time
UTC offset
UTC+9
Daylight saving
No daylight saving time
Country
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Tokyo is on Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9) — and Japan never changes its clocks. No daylight saving, ever. The time difference between Tokyo and anywhere else is fixed all year.
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Tokyo trains are so punctual that the average delay is 18 seconds. If your meeting starts at 9:00 AM in Tokyo, they mean 9:00:00 AM exactly.
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Golden hour over Mount Fuji framed by the Tokyo skyline — visible on clear days from the city — is one of Asia's most iconic photography compositions.
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When it's midnight Sunday in New York, it's already 1 PM Monday in Tokyo. Time travel, basically. Tokyo lives perpetually in the future compared to the Americas.
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Japan uses its own imperial calendar alongside the standard one. Currently Reiwa era — the era of Emperor Naruhito. Official documents show both dates.
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Tokyo is so far east that it sees the New Year before almost all of Europe and the Americas. While New York is still eating dinner on December 31st, Tokyo is already celebrating.
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London has two time zones per year — GMT in winter and BST in summer. The city has been confusing international call schedulers since 1847.
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Railway companies forced Britain to standardize to London time in 1847. Trains: accidentally inventors of time zones.
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British pubs used to have strict closing times set by the government during WWI to keep factory workers sober. Time literally controlled drinking.
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When London observes GMT, it shares its timezone with Iceland, Ghana, Senegal and Portugal. Quite the eclectic group.
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The speaking clock — a phone service that tells you the time — was invented in Tokyo in 1936. People called it so much it still exists today. Just dial 123.
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