Time Zone History

Palau time zone history

Palau left local mean time (UTC+8:57:56) in 1901, the second-earliest switch of the 9 zones on UTC+9 standard time. On standard time, clocks in Palau run 2 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+9

Standard time is UTC+9 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Pacific/Palau

Convert a time from Palau

UTC+9 every day since 1970

UTC−15:02:04: 24 hours 2 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+8:57:56: 2 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+9: today’s standard timeUTC−15:02:04: 24 hours 2 minutesbehind today’s standard timeUTC+8:57:56: 2 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+9: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
December 31, 1844Standard time forward 24 hoursUTC+8:57:56LMT
January 1, 1901Local mean time (UTC+8:57:56) replacedUTC+9numeric only

Also on UTC+9

Jayapura (Indonesia), East Timor, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Chita (Russia), Yakutsk (Russia) and Khandyga (Russia).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Jayapura (Indonesia) (1,296 km): same time every day.
  • Guam (1,313 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 550 days in 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977.
  • Philippines (1,680 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 247 days in 1977 and 1990.
  • East Timor (2,023 km): same time except 8,903 days in 1976–2000.
  • Makassar (Indonesia) (2,172 km): always 1 hour behind.

How it compares

Palau has kept UTC+9 since 1901, with no clock changes since 1970.