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Following a 1995 time zone realignment, Millennium Island (then Caroline Island) (red dot at far east of map) became the easternmost land west of the International Date Line. When the Republic of Kiribati was founded in 1979, it had three time zones: UTC+12:00 in the Gilbert Islands, UTC−11:00 in the Phoenix Islands and UTC−10:00 in the ...
Following a 1995 time zone realignment, Millennium Island, then Caroline Island, (red dot at far east of map) became the easternmost land west of the International Date Line. On 23 December 1994, the Republic of Kiribati announced a change of time zone for the Line Islands, to take effect from 31 December 1994.
Before this, the time zones UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00 did not exist. As a British colony, Kiribati was centred in the Gilbert Islands, just west of the old date line. The distant Phoenix and Line Islands were on the other side of the date line. Government offices on opposite sides of the line could only communicate by radio or telephone on the ...
Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, have the latest time on Earth, UTC+14:00 hours. South of Kiribati, the IDL returns westwards but remains east of 180°, passing between Samoa and American Samoa. [7]
UTC+09:00 (Eastern Indonesian Standard Time) – Islands of Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea: Time in Indonesia: Kiribati: 3: UTC+12:00 – Gilbert Islands UTC+13:00 – Phoenix Islands UTC+14:00 – Line Islands: Time in Kiribati: Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2
The main purpose of this page is to list the current standard time offsets of different countries, territories and regions. Information on daylight saving time or historical changes in offsets can be found in the individual offset articles (e.g. UTC+01:00) or the country-specific time articles (e.g. Time in Russia).
A Pacific atoll 2,000 miles west of Hawaii appears set for a construction boom, with the United States and Australia on Thursday pledging a wharf for remote Kanton Island as China considers plans ...
UTC+14:00 is the earliest time zone on Earth and so, when using daylight saving time, Tonga was one of the first regions of Earth to bring in a new year. UTC+14:00 is also used by Samoa and Kiribati 's Line Islands .