Time Zone History

Taiwan time zone history

Daylight saving time was used in 3 years since 1970, last in 1979; under the current rules the clocks no longer change. On standard time, clocks in Taipei run 6 minutes behind local mean solar time.

UTC+8

Standard time is UTC+8 (CST) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Asia/Taipei

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Summer time in 3 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+8: today’s standard timeUTC+8:06: 6 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+9: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+8: today’s standard timeUTC+8:06: 6 minutes ahead oftoday’s standard timeUTC+9: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1896Local mean time (UTC+8:06) replacedUTC+8CST
October 1, 1937Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+9JST
September 21, 1945Standard time back 1 hourUTC+8CST

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1946May 15October 11 hour, CST to CDT
1947April 15November 11 hour, CST to CDT
1948–19511 May, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, CST to CDT
1952March 1November 11 hour, CST to CDT
1953–19541 April, 00:001 November, 00:001 hour, CST to CDT
1955–19591 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, CST to CDT
1960–19611 June, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, CST to CDT
Since 1970
1974–19751 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, CST to CDT
1979July 1October 11 hour, CST to CDT

Also on UTC+8

Shanghai (China), Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Malaysia, Singapore, Irkutsk (Russia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Perth (Australia) (nearest first; 1 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Shanghai (China) (688 km): same time except 1,354 days in 1974, 1975, 1979 and 1986–1991.
  • Hong Kong (809 km): same time except 1,134 days in 1970–1976 and 1979.
  • Macau (870 km): same time except 1,134 days in 1970–1976 and 1979.
  • Philippines (1,165 km): same time except 705 days in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1990.
  • South Korea (1,483 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 766 days in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1987 and 1988.

How it compares

Taipei left local mean time (UTC+8:06) in 1896, the third-earliest switch of the 11 zones on UTC+8 standard time with local mean time in the record.

Standard time has stayed at UTC+8 since 1945.