Newfoundland Time Zone

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time standard time zone

The Newfoundland Time Zone is a unique North American time zone centered on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, notable for its unusual half-hour offset from standard hour-based time zones.

Aliases (3)

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	time standard → time zone →
abbreviationDST	NDT →
abbreviationStandard	NST →
appliesToRegion	Newfoundland and Labrador → island of Newfoundland → southeastern Labrador →
classification	North American time zone →
continent	North America →
country	Canada →
DSTEndPattern	first Sunday in November →
DSTName	Newfoundland Daylight Time →
DSTObserved	yes →
DSTStartPattern	second Sunday in March →
governingAuthority	Government of Canada → Government of Newfoundland and Labrador →
hasLocalName	Newfoundland Time →
historicalReason	reflects local solar time of St. John’s →
IANAZoneIdentifier	America/St_Johns →
isDaylightSavingShift	1 hour →
isHalfHourTimeZone	yes →
isOffsetFromNeighboringZone	30 minutes →
isUniqueWithinCountry	yes →
legalJurisdiction	province of Newfoundland and Labrador →
notableFeature	half-hour offset from neighboring time zones →
observedBy	residents of Newfoundland → residents of southeastern Labrador →
offsetFromAtlanticStandardTime	+0:30 →
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTimeDST	−2:30 →
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTimeStandard	−3:30 →
offsetFromEasternStandardTime	+1:30 →
regionType	subnational time zone →
relatedTimeZone	Atlantic Time Zone → Eastern Time Zone →
standardTimeName	Newfoundland Standard Time →
timeChangeRule	follows Canadian federal DST rules →
usedInCity	Corner Brook → Gander → St. John’s →
usesClockSystem	12-hour clock in common use → 24-hour clock in official and technical contexts →
UTCOffsetDST	UTC−02:30 →
UTCOffsetStandard	UTC−03:30 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Corner Brook → Gander → Harbour Grace → Labrador → Newfoundland and Labrador → St. John’s → St. John’s East →	timeZone
NST ("Newfoundland Daylight Time") →	daylightSavingName
Newfoundland Time Zone ("Newfoundland Daylight Time") →	DSTName
Newfoundland Time Zone ("Newfoundland Time") →	hasLocalName
Eastern Canada →	hasTimeZone
North American time zones →	includesTimeZone
Placentia Bay →	locatedInTimeZone
Newfoundland Time Zone ("Newfoundland Standard Time") →	standardTimeName
NST ("Newfoundland Standard Time") →	standsFor
Corner Brook ("Newfoundland Daylight Time") →	timeZoneDST
NST →	timeZoneName