Tuesday March 3, 2026 4:02 pm PST by Juli Clover
Apple is going to be accepting pre-orders for a slew of new devices starting tomorrow, with orders set to begin at 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time. To give users around the world an idea of when pre-orders will be accepted in their time zone, we've compiled a list of time zone conversions for several countries.
Our list isn't exhaustive, so if you're planning to order one of Apple's new devices, make sure to verify the exact time for your location.
Pre-orders will be available for the iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, M5 Max MacBook Pro, M5 Pro MacBook Pro, M5 MacBook Air, Studio Display 2, and Studio Display XDR. Apple hasn't announced the low-cost MacBook yet, but presumably pre-orders for that device will also start tomorrow.
- Australia West - 10:15 p.m. AWST
- Australia East - 1:15 a.m. AEDT (Thursday)
- Baltic countries - 4:15 p.m. EET
- Brazil East - 11:15 a.m. BRT
- Canada West - 6:15 a.m. PST
- Canada East - 9:15 a.m. EST
- Hong Kong - 10:15 p.m. HKT
- Indonesia West - 9:15 p.m. WIB
- New Zealand - 3:15 a.m. NZDT (Thursday)
- Puerto Rico - 10:15 a.m. AST
- Saudi Arabia - 5:15 p.m. AST
- South Africa - 4:15 p.m. SAST
- South Korea - 11:15 p.m. KST
- United Kingdom - 2:15 p.m. GMT
- United States West - 6:15 a.m. PST
- United States Mountain - 7:15 a.m. MST
- United States Central - 8:15 a.m. CST
- United States East - 9:15 a.m. EST
After the pre-order period, the new devices will launch on Wednesday, March 11.
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