Hawaii

Current time now in Hawaii, USA

Time zone and Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules

Current Hawaii Time

Time Zone: Pacific/Honolulu — Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time (HST) · GMT-10

All of Hawaii — Honolulu, Maui, Kauaʻi and the Big Island — observes Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10) and, unlike most of the United States, it stays that way all year round.

Does Hawaii observe Daylight Saving Time?

Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) and remains on Hawaii Standard Time (HST, GMT-10) throughout the year.

The federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 lets individual states exempt themselves from DST, and Hawaii did exactly that in 1967. Apart from "Hawaii War Time" during World War II, when clocks were kept one hour ahead year-round, the islands have stayed on standard time ever since. The reason is geography: Hawaii's tropical latitude means daylight varies little between summer and winter in Honolulu, so shifting the clock would save no usable evening daylight.

The practical effect is that Hawaii's offset against the mainland moves twice a year. In winter Hawaii is two hours behind the US West Coast (Pacific Standard Time is GMT-8). From mid-March to early November, when Pacific states spring forward to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7), Hawaii falls three hours behind.

Hawaii–Aleutian Time: the shared zone

Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time is one United States zone covering two island groups: Hawaii and Alaska's Aleutian Islands west of 169.5° W. In summer the Aleutians move ahead to Hawaii–Aleutian Daylight Time (HADT, GMT-9), so Adak is one hour ahead of Honolulu between March and November — the two clocks above will differ only in those months — and then falls back to match HST for the winter.

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• East Honolulu
• Pearl City
• Kāneʻohe
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• Mililani
• Kailua
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• Kahului