Timor-Leste uses UTC 09:00. In the west the country borders the UTC 08:00 zone of Central Indonesia and in the east the UTC 09:00 zone of Eastern Indonesia. Daylight saving time is never observed in Timor-Leste, due to its proximity to the equator; there is only a small variation between the length of day and night throughout the year. Timor-Leste shares the same time zone with Japan Standard Time, Korean Standard Time, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia).
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Timor-Leste in the file zone.tab, which is named Asia/Dili.

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