Time Zone History

Makassar time zone history

Makassar kept local mean time (UTC+7:57:36) until 1920, the second-latest switch of the 11 zones on UTC+8 standard time with local mean time in the record. On standard time, clocks in Makassar run 2 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+8

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

Covers: East and south Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, west Timor · tz database name Asia/Makassar

Convert a time from Makassar

UTC+8 every day since 1970

UTC+7:57:36: 2 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+8: today’s standard timeUTC+9: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+7:57:36: 2 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+8: today’s standard timeUTC+9: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1920Local mean time (UTC+7:57:36) replacedUTC+7:57:36MMT
November 1, 1932Standard time forward 2 minutesUTC+8numeric only
February 9, 1942Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+9numeric only
September 23, 1945Standard time back 1 hourUTC+8WITA

Also on UTC+8

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

Clocks next door since 1970

  • East Timor (782 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 8,903 days in 1976–2000.
  • Malaysia (1,251 km): same time every day.
  • Pontianak (1,253 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 6,574 days in 1970–1987.
  • Jakarta (1,399 km): always 1 hour behind.
  • Darwin (Australia) (1,498 km): always 1 hour 30 minutes ahead.

How it compares

The Makassar zone has kept UTC+8 since 1945, with no clock changes since 1970.