Time Zone History

Nauru time zone history

Since 1970 it has also used UTC+11:30, an offset that is not a whole number of hours. On standard time, clocks at Nauru run 52 minutes ahead of local mean solar time, the second-largest gap of the 31 zones in Oceania whose clocks run ahead of the sun.

UTC+12

Standard time is UTC+12 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Pacific/Nauru

Convert a time from Nauru

Once a new standard time since 1970

UTC+9: 3 hours behind today’s standard timeUTC+11:07:40: 52 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+11:30: 30 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard timeUTC+9: 3 hours behind today’sstandard timeUTC+11:07:40: 52 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+11:30: 30 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+12: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 15, 1921Local mean time (UTC+11:07:40) replacedUTC+11:30numeric only
August 29, 1942Standard time back 2 hours 30 minutesUTC+9numeric only
September 8, 1945Standard time forward 2 hours 30 minutesUTC+11:30numeric only
Since 1970
February 10, 1979Standard time forward 30 minutesUTC+12numeric only

Also on UTC+12

Tarawa (Kiribati), Marshall Islands, Fiji, Auckland (New Zealand), Kamchatka (Russia) and Anadyr (Russia).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Tarawa (Kiribati) (710 km): same time except 3,327 days in 1970–1979.
  • Micronesia (782 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 10,592 days in 1970–1998.
  • Marshall Islands (1,068 km): same time except 8,634 days in 1970–1993.
  • Solomon Islands (1,248 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 3,327 days in 1970–1979.
  • Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (1,410 km): usually 2 hours behind; different on 7,714 days in 1970–1979 and 2014–2026; 1 hour behind today.