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GTA 6 unlock times in your time zone

See when GTA 6 is reported to unlock in your region, shown in your own time zone. These times are unconfirmed: Rockstar has not announced an unlock schedule.

Unconfirmed

These times come from a fan-site compilation of PlayStation Store data, reported by GTA Intel on Sep 11, 2026. Store timestamps can change before launch.

Source: GTA IntelChecked

Convert to your time zone

Store region is the country of your PlayStation Network account. That is what the reported data is based on.

Nov 18 to Nov 19, 2026

Unconfirmed: fan-compiled store data

Reported times differ by region. Every window we found is listed below, in UTC.

Every reported unlock window

  • New Zealand

    Reported as

    The first window. Midnight NZDT on Nov 19.

  • 19 Central European countries

    Reported as

    The source gives 23:00 UTC with no date. Nov 18 is the only date that fits its stated window, 11:00 UTC on Nov 18 to 06:00 UTC on Nov 19. It does not name the countries.

    Date inferred, not stated by the source

  • UK, Ireland, Portugal and Iceland

    Reported as

  • US and Canada

    Reported as

    Midnight US Eastern, so 9:00 PM on Nov 18 on the Pacific coast.

  • Mexico and Central America

    Reported as

    The last window the source lists.

Source: GTA IntelChecked

Not reported yet

GTA Intel says no unlock timestamps have surfaced for Bahrain, China, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar. It also says there are about 15 unlock windows in all, but it lists only the five above, and we have not filled in the rest. If your region is not listed, nobody we have checked has reported a time for it yet.

Source: GTA Intel· Checked

How to read these times

Each time is one fixed moment for a whole region, not your local midnight. GTA Intel reports that regions unlock at midnight in their primary time zone. For the US and Canada that moment is 05:00 UTC, which is 12:00 AM Eastern but 9:00 PM on Nov 18 on the Pacific coast.

The converter above does that arithmetic for any time zone and shows the result with your zone's own abbreviation. Pick a different zone to plan around a friend in another country.

Questions

Is this the official unlock time?

No. Rockstar has not announced an unlock schedule. GTA Intel says the regional list comes from a fan-site compilation that read availability timestamps from the PlayStation Store country selector. It is visible store data, not an announcement, and store timestamps often change before a major launch.

Source: GTA IntelChecked

Why isn't it midnight where I live?

GTA Intel reports that each region unlocks at one fixed moment, midnight in its primary time zone. That is why the US Pacific coast sees Nov 18 at 9:00 PM. Push Square uses a simpler assumption, midnight local time on Nov 19, because Rockstar has not published release times. Neither is official.

Sources: GTA Intel, Push SquareChecked

Is there an Xbox unlock schedule?

Not that we have found. GTA Intel notes that Microsoft has published no equivalent breakdown, so there is no store-derived Xbox schedule.

Source: GTA IntelChecked

When can I pre-load?

Pre-load opens Nov 12, 2026, one week before launch. Rockstar gave a date, not a clock time. Pre-loading is not early access, so you still wait for the game to unlock. Ourpre-load guide has the steps for each console.

Sources: IBTimes UK, GTA IntelChecked

My region isn't listed. What now?

Then no source we have checked reports a time for it yet. GTA Intel says store timestamps can move and more regions may be added. We will update this page if new reports or official times appear.

Source: GTA IntelChecked

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