French Southern and Antarctic Time Zone - TFT

French Southern and Antarctic Time is five hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time standard, written as an offset of UTC + 5:00. That means to find the standard time in the zone you must add five hours to Coordinated Universal Time.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in the Indian Ocean. It runs through the Kerguelen Islands. Those in the zone also call it Kerguelen Islands Time or KIT.

The Kerguelen Islands remain on French Southern and Antarctic Time all year long and do not make any changes for Daylight Saving.

Locations in French Southern and Antarctic Time Zone

The following areas are included in the time zone:

• Indian Ocean

  • Kerguelen Islands