Easter Island Standard Time

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Easter Island Standard Time is the time zone used on Chile’s Easter Island, typically four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−6) outside of daylight saving periods.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf time zone
appliesTo Easter Island
category Time in Chile
Time zones in the Pacific Ocean
continent Oceania (geographical location of Easter Island)
country Chile
daylightSavingTimeZone Easter Island Summer Time
differenceFromChileStandardTimeHours -2
differenceFromUTCinSeconds -21600
differsFrom Chile Standard Time
DSTabbreviation EASST
DSTendRule defined by Chilean law and subject to change
DSThemisphere Southern Hemisphere
DSToffset UTC−5
DSToffsetHours -5
DSTseason austral summer
DSTstartRule defined by Chilean law and subject to change
geographicCoverage Isla de Pascua province
Rapa Nui commune
governingAuthority Chilean Ministry of Energy
Government of Chile
hasAbbreviation EAST
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
historicalChanges offset and DST rules have been modified by Chilean decrees over time
IANAtimeZoneIdentifier Pacific/Easter
isOffsetFrom Coordinated Universal Time
isWesternmostChileanTimeZone true
legalStatus official time zone
observesDaylightSavingTime true
offsetDirection behind UTC
offsetMagnitudeHours 4 hours behind Chile Summer Time (mainland) during standard period
partOf Chilean time system
regionType insular Chile
relatedTimeZone Chile Standard Time
Chile Summer Time
standardTimeOffsetHours -6
timeNotation 24-hour clock (official)
usedFor administrative purposes
civil timekeeping
tourism services
transport schedules
usedIn Isla Salas y Gómez
Isla de Pascua
Rapa Nui
UTCoffset UTC−6


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