Brunei time now, live flip clock
Brunei's clocks read UTC+8 through the year, and this site's zone data lists no change to them. The clock at the top counts Bandar Seri Begawan's hours, minutes and seconds as they pass.
Time zone in Brunei
Every part of Brunei reads one clock, so the page offers no zone to choose. Jabatan Bandaran Bandar Seri Begawan records that Bandar Seri Begawan was earlier named Bandar Brunei.
- UTC+8
- Not observed
- Brunei
How many hours ahead or behind Bandar Seri Begawan
On 24 October 2026, London is 7 hours behind Bandar Seri Begawan.
| City | Difference from Bandar Seri Begawan |
|---|---|
| London | 7 hours behind |
| New York | 12 hours behind |
| Dubai | 4 hours behind |
| Kolkata | 2 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Jakarta | 1 hour behind |
| Tokyo | 1 hour ahead |
| Perth | Same time |
| Sydney | 3 hours ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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Brunei's hours in law and in the tz files
- Standard time in the Act
- UTC+8
- Brunei's Interpretation and General Clauses Act contains a definition of standard time. It counts the hours in advance of Greenwich mean time, which gives UTC+8. The definition lets His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council prescribe another period by order in the Gazette. The same Act deals with any expression of time in a written law or instrument. Such a time is to be held to be standard time.
- Older clocks in the backzone file
- 20 min
- The tz database keeps some older zone history in a separate file called backzone. Its Brunei entry opens on local mean time, about 20 minutes behind the present clock. A clock half an hour behind the present one came next. The file ends that half-hour offset about seven years later.
Questions about time in Brunei
What time zone is Brunei in?
Brunei is on UTC+8, and the whole country shares it. The tz database's zone list has a single entry for Brunei. That entry is a link to a zone Brunei shares with Malaysia.
Does Brunei have daylight saving time?
No. This site's zone data shows no clock change for Brunei, so its offset holds through every season. Any shift in a gap with Brunei comes from the other side. In June, Sydney runs 2 hours ahead of Bandar Seri Begawan. That lead grows by one hour during Sydney's summer daylight saving.
Is Brunei on the same time as Malaysia and Singapore?
Yes. Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Singapore show the same time as Bandar Seri Begawan in every month. Manila, Hong Kong and Perth match it too. Jakarta is 1 hour behind Bandar Seri Begawan, and Tokyo 1 hour ahead of it. Not one of these cities moves its clocks during the year.
What is the time difference between Brunei and the UK?
London is 8 hours behind Bandar Seri Begawan while Britain keeps winter time. British Summer Time cuts that gap by one hour, from late March to late October. London's working day opens in Brunei's late afternoon.
What is the time difference between Brunei and India?
Brunei is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of India in every season. Neither country moves its clocks, so the gap stays fixed. The half hour in it comes from India, whose offset falls between two whole hours. Midday in Bandar Seri Begawan is mid-morning in Kolkata.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Kuching | UTC+8 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.