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.

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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.

Samoa Time Zone IANAZoneName Samoa Time Zone self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pacific/Pago_Pago
SST alsoKnownAs Samoa Time Zone
Samoa Time Zone alsoKnownAs Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
SST fullName Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Fagasa locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone
Leone locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Pago Pago Harbor locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone
Utulei locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone
Vaitogi locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone
American Samoa timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Aua timeZone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Aunuʻu timeZone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Fagatogo timeZone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Manuʻa District timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Nuʻuuli timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Ofu timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Pago Pago timeZone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time
Sili village timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Tafuna timeZone Samoa Time Zone
Tutuila timezone Samoa Time Zone
this entity surface form: Samoa Standard Time