Time Zone History

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands time zone history

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has kept UTC−2 since 1890, with no clock changes since 1970, tied eighth-longest run among the 148 zones with no change of standard time since 1970. On standard time, clocks in South Georgia run 26 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC−2

Standard time is UTC−2 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Atlantic/South_Georgia

Convert a time from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UTC−2 every day since 1970

UTC−2:26:08: 26 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC−2: today’s standard timeUTC−2:26:08: 26 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC−2: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1890Local mean time (UTC−2:26:08) replacedUTC−2numeric only

Also on UTC−2

Fernando de Noronha (Brazil), Nuuk (Greenland) and Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Falkland Islands (1,449 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 8,901 days in 1970–2010.
  • Palmer Station (Antarctica) (1,920 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 6,687 days in 1974, 1982–2014 and 2016.
  • Ushuaia (Argentina) (2,033 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 836 days in 1974, 1988–1993, 2004, 2007 and 2008.
  • Rio Gallegos (Argentina) (2,189 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 834 days in 1974, 1988–1993, 2004, 2007 and 2008.
  • Rothera Station (Antarctica) (2,216 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,526 days in 1970–1976.