Time Zone History

Marquesas Islands time zone history

Its standard time, UTC−9:30, is one of only 14 offsets among the 312 zones that are not a whole number of hours from UTC. On standard time, clocks in the Marquesas Islands run 12 minutes behind local mean solar time.

UTC−9:30

Standard time is UTC−9:30 all year under the current rules.

Covers: Marquesas Islands · tz database name Pacific/Marquesas

Convert a time from the Marquesas Islands

UTC−9:30 every day since 1970

UTC−9:30: today’s standard timeUTC−9:18: 12 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC−9:30: today’s standard timeUTC−9:18: 12 minutes ahead oftoday’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
October 1, 1912Local mean time (UTC−9:18) replacedUTC−9:30numeric only

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Tahiti (1,444 km): always 30 minutes behind.
  • Gambier Islands (1,645 km): always 30 minutes ahead.
  • Pitcairn Islands (2,046 km): usually 1 hour 30 minutes ahead; different on 10,343 days in 1970–1998.
  • Kiritimati (Kiribati) (2,316 km): usually 23 hours 30 minutes ahead; different on 9,130 days in 1970–1994.
  • Cook Islands (2,561 km): usually 30 minutes behind; different on 4,875 days in 1970–1991.

How it compares

The Marquesas Islands zone has kept UTC−9:30 since 1912, with no clock changes since 1970.