Time Zone History

American Samoa time zone history

At UTC−11, its standard time is the furthest behind UTC of all 312 zones, shared with 1 other zone. On standard time, clocks in Pago Pago run 23 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC−11

Standard time is UTC−11 (SST) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Pacific/Pago_Pago

Convert a time from American Samoa

UTC−11 every day since 1970

UTC−11:22:48: 23 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC−11: today’s standard timeUTC+12:37:12: 23 hours 37 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−11:22:48: 23 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC−11: today’s standard timeUTC+12:37:12: 23 hours 37 minutesahead of today’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
July 5, 1892Standard time back 24 hoursUTC−11:22:48LMT
January 1, 1911Local mean time (UTC−11:22:48) replacedUTC−11SST

Also on UTC−11

Niue.

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Samoa (121 km): same time except 5,766 days in 2010–2026; 24 hours ahead today.
  • Niue (535 km): same time every day.
  • Tokelau (548 km): same time except 5,481 days in 2011–2026; 24 hours ahead today.
  • Tonga (900 km): usually 24 hours ahead; different on 402 days in 1999–2002, 2016 and 2017.
  • Fiji (1,239 km): usually 23 hours ahead; different on 1,204 days in 1998–2000 and 2009–2021.

How it compares

American Samoa has kept UTC−11 since 1911, with no clock changes since 1970.