What time is it in American Samoa?
GMT-11 · Pacific/Pago_Pago
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GMT-11 UTC-11:00
UTC-11:00
all yearAmerican Samoa Standard Time
American Samoa keeps Samoa Standard Time, UTC−11, on every island from Tutuila to Swains, and never changes its clocks: there is no summer time. The zone is set by United States federal law and also covers Midway, Jarvis, Palmyra, Kingman Reef and Niue. Since independent Samoa moved west across the International Date Line at the end of 29 December 2011, Pago Pago and Apia, a short flight apart, have shared a clock time and not a date.
Today
Daylight in Pago Pago today
DayLive
12:00
- Sunrise
- 06:06First light 05:45
- Sunset
- 18:19Last light 18:40
- Day length
- 12 h 12 minSame as yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:13Sun at 78°, its highest
Plan a call
Find an hour that works in American Samoa and elsewhere
The two rows are the same day, hour for hour. Pick a city, then an hour, and the line between the rows marks the office hours both sides share.
Time difference
How far American Samoa is from other places
Around the world
- London+12 h
- New York+7 h
- Los Angeles+4 h
- São Paulo+8 h
- Moscow+14 h
- Dubai+15 h
- Delhi+16:30 h
- Beijing+19 h
- Tokyo+20 h
- Sydney+21 h
Clock changes
American Samoa does not change its clocks
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset through the year in Pago Pago
- Sunrise
- 06:06
- Sunset
- 18:19
- Daylight
- 12 h 12 min
- Change
- Same
Longest day of 2026: 14 December, 12 h 58 min.
Computed for -14.28, -170.70 at sea level with the NOAA solar equations, to the nearest minute, taking no account of hills.
Writing the time
- Clock
- 12-hour
- Short date
- 3/5/26
- Long date
- March 5, 2026
- Week starts
- Sunday
- Zone names
- GMT-11
- Time zone database
- Pago Pago
History
How the clocks in American Samoa got here
- 1890
- To 1891.Local mean time, UTC+12:37, before the standard zone.
- 1892
- The move from local mean time, UTC-11:22, to UTCundefined.
- 1893
- To 1910.Local mean time, UTC-11:22, before the standard zone.
- 1911
- To today.UTC-11:00 all year, no summer time.
From the IANA time zone database, Pacific/Pago_Pago, as the build machine carries it.
Common questions
Questions about the time in American Samoa
What time zone is American Samoa in?
Samoa Standard Time, abbreviated SST, which is UTC−11:00. The time zone database lists it as Pacific/Pago_Pago. One zone covers the whole territory, so the time on Taʻū or Swains Island is the time in Pago Pago. The zone is based on mean solar time at the 165th meridian west and is set in United States law.
Does American Samoa change its clocks?
No. American Samoa keeps standard time all year and has no summer time or daylight saving time, so the offset from UTC stays at eleven hours in every month. The time zone database records UTC−11 for the territory without a break since 1911.
Why is American Samoa a day behind Samoa?
The two sit either side of the International Date Line. Samoa kept the same time as American Samoa until the end of 29 December 2011, when it moved across the line and skipped a day. Since then the two have shown the same clock time a calendar day apart; while Samoa still kept summer time the gap changed with the seasons, and that ended when Samoa dropped summer time in 2021.
How far behind Hawaii is American Samoa?
One hour. The description of the Samoa Time Zone places it one hour behind the Hawaii-Aleutian zone, so 10:00 in Honolulu is 09:00 in Pago Pago. American Samoa's side of that gap never moves, because the time zone database records no summer time for the territory at any point since 1911.
Which other places share American Samoa's time?
The Samoa Time Zone also takes in the Midway Islands, the uninhabited islands of Jarvis, Palmyra and Kingman Reef, and the country of Niue. All of them keep UTC−11 without summer time. Independent Samoa, next door, left the zone in 2011.
Has American Samoa always been on UTC−11?
Not quite. The time zone database gives the islands an offset of 12 hours 37 minutes ahead of UTC until 1892, local mean time of 11 hours 22 minutes behind UTC from 1892 to 1910, and UTC−11 from 1911 onward. The move from ahead of UTC to behind it in 1892 put the islands on the eastern side of the date line, where the territory still is.