Samoa Time Zone
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The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samoa Standard Time | 8 |
| Pacific/Pago_Pago | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
time standard
ⓘ
time zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SST ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Samoa Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Samoa Standard Time
|
| clocksSetRelativeTo | Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ |
| countryUsingTimeZone | American Samoa ⓘ |
| DSTObserved | false ⓘ |
| earlierThan | Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone during standard time ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | South Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| governingAuthorityForAmericanSamoa |
American Samoa territorial regulations
ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ |
| hasSameUTCOffsetAs |
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Midway Islands Time (historical)
Niue Time ⓘ |
| historicalChangeRelatedTo | Samoa’s 2011 dateline shift ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedIn |
Samoa
ⓘ
surface form:
Independent State of Samoa (pre-2011)
|
| IANAZoneName |
Samoa Time Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific/Pago_Pago
American Samoa ⓘ
surface form:
US/Samoa
|
| legalStatusInUS | recognized United States time zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean Areas
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Ocean region
|
| notUsedIn |
Samoa
ⓘ
surface form:
Independent State of Samoa (post-2011)
|
| observedBy |
American Samoa
ⓘ
Swains Island ⓘ American Samoa ⓘ
surface form:
United States unincorporated territory of American Samoa
|
| partOf | United States time zone system ⓘ |
| primaryCityReference | Pago Pago ⓘ |
| regionCovered |
Manuʻa Islands
ⓘ
Pago Pago ⓘ Rose Atoll ⓘ Swains Island ⓘ Tutuila ⓘ |
| regionType | island territory ⓘ |
| relativePositionToInternationalDateLine | just east of the International Date Line ⓘ |
| relativePositionToUTC | 11 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ |
| timeNotation |
12-hour clock (common use)
ⓘ
24-hour clock (official) ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
civil timekeeping
ⓘ
government operations scheduling ⓘ transport and communication scheduling ⓘ |
| usedFor |
broadcast scheduling in American Samoa
ⓘ
local business hours in American Samoa ⓘ transport timetables in American Samoa ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American Samoa
ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ Samoa ⓘ
surface form:
Samoan Islands
|
| UTCOffsetSeconds | -39600 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetStandard | UTC−11:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pacific/Pago_Pago
this entity surface form:
Samoa Standard Time
this entity surface form:
Samoa Standard Time