Current time in Cocos Islands

Local time in Cocos Islands

The time in Cocos Islands is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC and 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Cocos Islands is Cocos Islands Time (CCT). Cocos Islands is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1945.

Details for the time in Cocos Islands

Current time	12:20 p.m.
Time zone	Cocos Islands Time (CCT)
IANA time zone	Indian/Cocos
Your time difference	10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC+6:30 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC

Cocos Islands Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Cocos Islands

The Cocos Islands use Cocos Island Time CCT. CCT is UTC +0630 uur. Most time zones are one or more whole hours ahead or behind UTC. CCT is 6:30 hours ahead of UTC and is therefore an exception to the rule. Because of its location not far south of the equator the Cocos Islands have no use for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Cocos Islands

The current time in some important cities in Cocos Islands is shown below.

Time in Cocos Islands