|
|
|
- match the time bar color to the map color -
|
|
Current Dates and Times
across Australia and Oceania.... Standard Time is now in effect across Oceania. During certain times of the year Australia and New Zealand use Daylight Saving Time, and those exceptions (when applicable) will be indicated on the time bars shown below with a (DST) INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE The International Date Line sits on the 180º line of longitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It's the imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar days. It is not a perfectly straight line and has been moved slightly over the years to accommodate needs of varied countries in the Pacific Ocean. Note how it bends to include Kiribati's Line and Phoenix Islands in the Eastern Hemisphere. Immediately to the left of the International Date Line (the date) is always one day ahead of the date (or day) immediately to the right of the International Date Line in the Western Hemisphere. On the time and date codes shown below, note that Tonga  and Samoa  have the exact same time, but are actually (1) day apart, as Samoa is in the Western Hemisphere, on the opposite side of the International Dateline from Tonga.
In summary, travel west across the International Date Line (gain a day), travel east across it and you will (lose a day). |
|
UTC and GMT
an update.... The worldwide standard for coordinated universal time, formerly known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), is now abbreviated as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). Some sources still refer to it as UTC/GMT and some web browsers, I.E. Mozilla, still display it as GMT. The UTC Time (shown directly below) is the standard time zone from which all other worldwide time zones are based upon. It never observes daylight saving time.  UTC Time at Greenwich, England
For additional details on world time zones, please refer to this page. |
+ 9 hours from UTC 
Palau + 10 hours from UTC 
Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, et al + 10 hours from UTC 
Sydney, Australia |
+ 11 hour from UTC 
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, et al + 12 hours 
Fiji, Gilbert Is. (Kiribati), Nauru, et al + 12 hours
Wellington, New Zealand |
+ 13 hours from UTC
Tonga, Phoenix Islands (Kiribati) - 11 hours from UTC
Samoa, Midway Island, Niue - 10 hours 
French Polynesia, Hawaii, et al |
- 9 1/2 hours from UTC 
Marquises Islands - 9 hours from UTC 
Gambier Islands - 8 hours from UTC 
Pitcairn Island |
|
Contact Us | Privacy Statement
Copyrighted by Graphic Maps All rights reserved! All maps, graphics, flags and original descriptions created by Graphic Maps, a d/b/a of the Woolwine-Moen Group, unless otherwise noted and/or directly linked to the source, and use of same for any application whatsoever (with the exception of outline maps) requires written permission.
We make no copyright claim on any statistical data on this page, nor on any non-original graphics, and/or pictures not produced by us. Certain statistical data is gathered from the CIA World Factbook, as well as numerous public domain reference materials.
Every effort is made to be as accurate as possible when disseminating information on any worldwide destination. We are not responsible for unintentional data entry errors or omissions. If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, or suggest a new link, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.
|
|
|
|
|